Table 3. Responses to gate and follow-up questions for suicide plans.
B. Gate Question: Suicide Plan | YES | NO | ||
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"Have you ever made a plan to kill yourself?" (n = 263) | % | Ratio | % | Ratio |
33.08 | 87/263 | 66.92 | 176/263 | |
Follow-Up Questions a | Among ideators who said YES to Gate | Among ideators who said NO to Gate | ||
Thought of a method | 93.10 | 81/87 | 64.77 | 114/176 |
Thought of a place | 75.86 | 66/87 | 38.07 | 67/176 |
Preparatory actions | 48.75 | 39/80 | 29.19 | 47/161 |
Sure of method | 64.20 | 52/81 | 37.72 | 43/114 |
Sure of place | 61.54 | 40/65 | 40.91 | 27/66 |
Four or five planning components b | 51.72 | 30/58 | 39.50 | 18/48 |
a Participants who responded “No response/Not applicable” or left the item blank were excluded resulting in changing totals (i.e., denominators).
b Only participants that endorsed or denied all 5 planning components were included. Using the full sample in the denominator (i.e., 176), 10.80% of people who denied a plan, endorsed four or five planning components