Table 1.

Sample characteristics by past-year suicide attempt status

	Total Sample (n = 141)		No Past-Year Attempt (n = 54)		Past-Year Attempt (not past week) (n = 52)		Past Week Attempt (n = 35)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (M, SD)	46.59	13.78	49.48	13.94	45.94	13.28	43.09	13.72
Female	17	12.06	7	12.96	6	11.54	4	11.43
Race/Ethnicity
White	65	46.10	27	50.00	23	44.23	15	42.86
Black	39	27.66	12	22.22	16	30.77	11	31.43
Latino or Hispanic	29	20.57	13	24.07	8	15.38	8	22.86
Asian, Native Hawaiian, American
Indian, “other”	8	5.67	2	3.7	5	9.62	1	2.86
Marital
Separated/divorced	60	43.17	22	40.74	23	46.00	15	42.86
Married/living as married	37	26.62	20	37.04	10	20.00	7	20.00
Never married	37	26.62	10	18.52	15	30.00	12	34.29
Widowed	5	3.60	2	3.70	2	4.00	1	2.86
Education
High school or less	50	36.23	16	30.19	20	39.22	14	41.18
Some college	61	44.20	26	49.06	21	41.18	14	41.18
College degree or higher	27	19.57	11	20.75	10	19.61	6	17.65
Employment
Unemployed	102	73.38	40	74.07	39	78.00	23	65.71
Employed	33	23.74	12	22.22	10	20.00	11	31.43
Full-time student	3	2.16	1	1.85	1	2.00	1	2.86
Compensated work therapy	1	0.72	1	1.85	0	0.00	0	0.00
Psychiatric Diagnoses
Major Depressive Disorder	99	70.21	37	68.52	41	78.85	21	60.00
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder	86	60.99	40	74.07	27	51.92	19	54.29
Any Substance Use (excluding
Alcohol) past 30 days	64	45.39	18	33.33	21	40.38	25	71.43
Alcohol Binge drinking past 30
days	55	39.29	16	30.19	22	42.31	17	48.57
Bipolar Disorder	19	13.48	7	12.96	4	7.69	8	22.86
Panic Disorder	17	12.06	10	18.52	4	7.69	3	8.57
Generalized Anxiety Disorder	11	7.80	5	9.26	5	9.62	1	2.86
Schizoaffective Disorder	8	5.67	5	9.26	2	3.85	1	2.86
Social Phobia	6	4.26	3	5.56	0	0.00	3	8.57
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	4	2.84	2	3.70	2	3.85	0	0.00

Note. Due to missing data for some items, category totals are less than the corresponding sample size. Percentages were calculated based on participants with non-missing data. Psychiatric diagnoses are not mutually exclusive.