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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2016 Nov 12;52(3):299–309. doi: 10.1007/s00127-016-1309-1

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the sample and distribution of study variables

% (mean) N (SD) Range
Gender
 Male 44.03 1271
 Female 55.97 2299
Age 43.15 16.32 18–93
Education 12.30 2.58 0–17
Family income 32,037.15 32,687.94 0–520,000
Marital status
 Married/partnered 41.65 1220
 Separated 7.16 286
 Divorced 11.75 524
 Widowed 7.89 353
 Never married 31.55 1170
Region
 South 56.24 2330
 Northeast 15.69 411
 North central 18.81 595
 West 9.25 234
Any 12-month disorder
 Yes 18.76 666
 No 81.24 2755
Frequency of contact with family 6.13 1.28 1–7
Subjective closeness to family 3.64 0.65 1–4
Negative family interaction 1.84 0.79 1–4
Frequency of contact with friends 5.74 1.62 1–7
Subjective closeness to friends 3.29 0.77 1–4
Suicide ideation
 Yes 11.65 396
 No 88.35 3023
Suicide attempt in the entire sample
 Yes 4.03 141
 No 95.97 3278
Suicide attempt among ideators
 Yes 34.56 141
 No 65.44 256

Percentages and N are presented for categorical variables and means and standard deviations are presented for continuous variables. Percentages are weighted and frequencies are unweighted