Table 1.
Distribution of study population and the prevalence of the three lifetime suicidal behaviors (i.e., ideation, plan, and attempt) by each covariate (N=9205).
| Covariates | Total Prevalence of lifetime suicidal ideation |
Prevalence of lifetime suicidal plan |
Prevalence of lifetime suicidal attempt |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | N (%) | P * | N (%) | P * | N (%) | P * | |
| Sex | <0.001 | 0.004 | <0.001 | ||||
| Male | 4052 | 413 (10.2) | 74 (1.8) | 41 (1.0) | |||
| Female | 5153 | 751 (14.6) | 143 (2.8) | 98 (1.9) | |||
| Age (years) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | ||||
| 18–29 | 443 | 33 (7.4) | 5 (1.1) | 3 (0.7) | |||
| 30–39 | 1465 | 151 (10.3) | 24 (1.6) | 15 (1.0) | |||
| 40–49 | 1765 | 222 (12.6) | 31 (1.8) | 20 (1.1) | |||
| 50–59 | 1563 | 237 (15.2) | 56 (3.6) | 40 (2.6) | |||
| 60 or more | 3969 | 521 (13.1) | 101 (2.5) | 61 (1.5) | |||
| Education | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| No education | 4186 | 594 (14.2) | 131 (3.1) | 89 (2.1) | |||
| Elementary school graduate | 2711 | 366 (13.5) | 61 (2.3) | 36 (1.3) | |||
| Junior high school graduate | 771 | 72 (9.3) | 9 (1.2) | 6 (0.8) | |||
| High school graduate or more | 1537 | 132 (8.6) | 16 (1.0) | 8 (0.5) | |||
| Income | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Lowest quartile | 2699 | 476 (17.6) | 109 (4.0) | 74 (2.7) | |||
| Second lowest quartile | 2167 | 299 (13.8) | 54 (2.5) | 29 (1.3) | |||
| Third lowest quartile | 2144 | 219 (10.2) | 28 (1.3) | 19 (0.9) | |||
| Highest quartile | 2195 | 170 (7.7) | 26 (1.2) | 17 (0.8) | |||
| Education of father | 0.014 | 0.161 | 0.442 | ||||
| No education | 3254 | 433 (13.3) | 90 (2.8) | 55 (1.7) | |||
| Elementary school graduate | 3172 | 393 (12.4) | 70 (2.2) | 48 (1.5) | |||
| Junior high school graduate | 1051 | 155 (14.7) | 28 (2.7) | 18 (1.7) | |||
| High school graduate or more | 1728 | 183 (10.6) | 29 (1.7) | 18 (1.0) | |||
| Education of mother | 0.012 | 0.013 | 0.027 | ||||
| No education | 4658 | 628 (13.5) | 127 (2.7) | 86 (1.8) | |||
| Elementary school graduate | 2834 | 357 (12.6) | 68 (2.4) | 40 (1.4) | |||
| Junior high school graduate | 884 | 103 (11.7) | 14 (1.6) | 6 (0.7) | |||
| High school graduate or more | 829 | 76 (9.2) | 8 (1.0) | 7 (0.8) | |||
| Occupation of father | 0.038 | 0.014 | 0.463 | ||||
| Non-manual | 1164 | 124 (10.7) | 18 (1.5) | 13 (1.1) | |||
| Manual | 7771 | 998 (12.8) | 187 (2.4) | 121 (1.6) | |||
| Others | 270 | 42 (15.6) | 12 (4.4) | 5 (1.9) | |||
| Occupation of mother | 0.372 | 0.016 | 0.063 | ||||
| Non-manual | 80 | 8 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.00) | |||
| Manual | 6605 | 844 (12.8) | 153 (2.3) | 97 (1.5) | |||
| Others | 2520 | 312 (12.4) | 64 (2.5) | 42 (1.7) | |||
| Number of childhood adversities | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 6365 | 723 (11.4) | 123 (1.9) | 77 (1.2) | |||
| 1 | 2137 | 322 (15.1) | 70 (3.3) | 47 (2.2) | |||
| 2 | 576 | 94 (16.3) | 19 (3.3) | 9 (1.6) | |||
| 3 or 4 | 127 | 25 (19.7) | 5 (3.9) | 6 (4.7) | |||
*
P-values from a chi-square test.