Table 3.

Delinquency, Gun Access, Exposure to Abuse, and Substance Use Among Suicide Decedents, Com- pared to Living Male Respondents

Characteristic	Still Living	Suicide	F Test	p Value	Cohen’s d (95% CI)
Mean (and SD) score on Delinquency Scale (Wave 1)	3.3 (3.1)	5.3 (4.3)	9.11	.0025	.66 (0.23, 1.09)
Total sample size (N)	9,893	21
Mean (and SD) score on Fighting and Violence Scale (Wave 1)	1.3 (1.7)	2.0 (1.8)	4.60	.032	.47 (0.04, 0.90)
Total sample size (N)	9,891	21

Characteristic	Percent Still Living	Percent Suicide	χ2 (df)	χ2 p Value	Fisher’s Exact p Value	Cramer’s V
Physical Fight in Past 12 Months (Wave 1)
Yes	23.5	52.4	9.7 (1)	.002	.004	.031
No	76.5	47.6
Total sample size (N)	10,085	21
Serious Injury from a Fight (Wave 1)
Yes	12.2	23.8	2.6 (1)	.11	.17	.016
No	87.8	76.2
Total sample size (N)	10,015	21
Used a Weapon in a Fight (Wave 1)
Yes	9.6	23.8	4.9 (1)	.028	.045	.022
No	90.4	76.2
Total sample size (N)	10,004	21
Ever Been Arrested (Wave 3)
Yes	18.7	36.4	2.3 (1)	.133	.134	.018
No	81.3	63.7
Total sample size (N)	7,032	11
Number of Times Arrested Before Age 18 (Wave 3)
None	92.3	72.7	16.6 (2)	.0001	.012	.048
One	3.9	0.0
Two or more	3.8	27.3
Total sample size (N)	7,080	11
Ever Been Convicted or Plead Guilty to a Crime (Wave 3)
Yes	3.7	18.2	6.5 (1)	.011	.060	.030
No	96.3	81.8
Total sample size (N)	7,085	11
Sentenced to Probation or Jail/Prison (Wave 3)
Not arrested	91.7	81.8	4.5 (3)	.212	.126	.025
Probation	4.9	9.1
Jail/prison	1.6	9.1
Other	1.8	0.0
Total sample size (N)	7,077	11
Ran Away from Home (Wave 1 or 2)
Yes	7.4	23.8	8.3 (1)	.004	.016	.029
No	92.7	76.2
Total sample size (N)	10,002	21
Has Easy Access to a Gun (Wave 1 or 2)
Yes	30.8	42.9	1.4 (1)	.23	.24	.012
No	69.3	57.1
Total sample size (N)	10,101	21
Smoking Days in Past 30 Days (Wave 1)
None	73.9	52.4	10.1 (3)	.018	.018	.032
5 or less days	9.1	4.8
6 to 29 days	7.8	19.1
Daily	9.2	23.8
Total sample size (N)	10,018	21
Got Drunk in Past Year (Wave 1)
Once a week or more	7.2	0.0	1.6 (2)	.44	.611	.013
Monthly	22.6	23.8
Never	70.2	76.2
Total sample size (N)	10,076	21
Problems with Parent(s) Because of Drinking (Wave 1)
Never	89.7	81.0	2.2 (2)	.339	.138	.015
Once	6.4	9.5
Two times or more	3.9	9.5
Total sample size (N)	10,086	21
Problem at School Because of Drinking (Wave 1)
Never	96.7	95.2	1.4 (2)	.505	.509	.012
Once	1.8	4.7
Two times or more	1.5	0.0
Total sample size (N)	10,090	21
Got into Fights Due to Alcohol (Wave 1)
Yes	8.6	14.3	0.9 (1)	.353	.419	.009
No	91.4	85.7
Total sample size (N)	10,092	21
Times Used Marijuana (Wave 1)
Never	71.1	63.2	1.4 (2)	.508	.532	.012
1–10 times	16.4	26.3
More than 10 times	12.4	10.5
Total sample size (N)	9,654	19
Tried Using Cocaine (Wave 1)
Yes	3.7	0.0	0.7 (1)	.391	1.00	.009
No	96.3	100.0
Total sample size (N)	9,886	19
Tried Using Inhalants (Wave 1)
Yes	6.3	15.0	2.6 (1)	.109	.128	.016
No	93.7	85.0
Total sample size (N)	9,892	20
Tried Using Other Illegal Drugs (Wave 1)
Yes	7.8	10.0	0.13 (1)	.716	.667	.004
No	92.2	90.0
Total sample size (N)	9,856	20