Table 2. Suicidal ideation in and sociodemographic characteristics of stroke survivors by gender.
| Variable | Males (n = 2,205) |
Females (n = 2,117) |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicidal ideation | <0.001 | ||||
| Never | 1,776 | (80.5) | 1,507 | (71.2) | |
| Ever | 429 | (19.5) | 610 | (28.8) | |
| Age group | <0.001 | ||||
| 19–49 years | 99 | (4.5) | 50 | (2.4) | |
| 50–64 years | 540 | (24.5) | 405 | (19.1) | |
| 65–79 years | 1,273 | (57.7) | 1,310 | (61.9) | |
| ≥80 years | 293 | (13.3) | 352 | (16.6) | |
| Residential region | 0.009 | ||||
| Urban | 930 | (42.2) | 810 | (38.3) | |
| Rural | 1,275 | (57.8) | 1,307 | (61.7) | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | ||||
| Married | 1,858 | (84.3) | 1,016 | (48.0) | |
| Never married | 55 | (2.5) | 15 | (0.7) | |
| Divorced or separated | 143 | (6.5) | 92 | (4.3) | |
| Widowed | 149 | (6.8) | 994 | (47.0) | |
| Educational level | <0.001 | ||||
| Non-formal education | 184 | (8.3) | 783 | (37.0) | |
| Primary school | 743 | (33.7) | 913 | (43.1) | |
| Middle or high school | 1,008 | (45.7) | 375 | (17.7) | |
| College and higher | 270 | (12.2) | 46 | (2.2) | |
| Monthly household income | <0.001 | ||||
| ≤1 million KRW | 1,191 | (54.0) | 1,263 | (59.7) | |
| 1.01–2 million KRW | 483 | (21.9) | 351 | (16.6) | |
| 2.01–4 million KRW | 340 | (15.4) | 325 | (15.4) | |
| ≥4.01 million KRW | 191 | (8.7) | 178 | (8.4) | |
| Employment status | <0.001 | ||||
| Employed | 790 | (35.8) | 480 | (22.7) | |
| Unemployed | 1,407 | (63.8) | 605 | (28.6) | |
| Housewife or student | 8 | (0.4) | 1,032 | (48.7) | |
| National Basic Livelihood Security status | 0.700 | ||||
| Non-recipient | 1,997 | (90.6) | 1,910 | (90.2) | |
| Recipient | 208 | (9.4) | 207 | (9.8) | |
Data are presented as numbers (percentages).