Table 1.

Characteristics among the full sample and by suicide ideation experience

Characteristic	Full Sample (n=404)		Experienced Suicide Ideationa (n=106)		Didn’t Experience Suicide Ideationa (n=298)		Sigb
	n	% or M ± SD	n	% or M ± SD	n	% or M ± SD
Age	404	23.62 ± 5.06	106	24.34 ± 4.85	298	23.36 ± 5.12
Gender
Male	293	72.5	71	67.0	222	74.5
Female	111	27.5	35	33.0	76	25.5
Race
African American	152	37.6	46	43.4	106	35.6
White	218	54.0	51	48.1	167	56.0
American Indian or Alaska Native	21	5.2	5	4.7	16	5.4
Asian	12	3.0	4	3.8	8	2.7
Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1	0.2	0	0.0	1	0.3
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino	73	18.1	14	13.2	59	19.8
Non-Hispanic/Latino	331	81.9	92	86.8	239	80.2
Marital Status
Married	24	5.9	7	6.6	17	5.7
Single/unmarried	358	88.6	95	89.6	263	88.3
Divorced, widowed, or separated	22	5.4	4	3.8	18	6.0
Education
Some high school or less	145	36.0	39	37.1	106	35.6
Completed high school	133	33.0	39	37.1	94	31.5
Some college or higher	125	31.0	27	25.7	98	32.9
Employment
Currently working	58	14.4	13	12.3	45	15.1
Not currently working	346	85.6	93	87.7	253	84.9
Insurance Type
Private	82	20.4	18	17.3	64	21.5
Public	127	31.7	34	32.7	93	31.3
Uninsured	192	47.9	52	50.0	140	47.1
Residence
Independent living	72	17.8	26	24.5	46	15.4
Lives with family	287	71.0	67	63.2	220	73.8
Supported or structured housing	14	3.5	3	2.8	11	3.7
Homeless, shelter, or other	31	7.7	10	9.4	21	7.0
Medication Status							*
Using antipsychotics	337	83.4	81	76.4	256	85.9
Not using antipsychotics	67	16.6	25	23.6	42	14.1
Months of untreated psychosis	355	6.36±8.62	105	8.57±9.56	298	5.58±8.14	**
Age of first psychiatric illness	398	16.52 ± 6.32	105	16.59 ± 6.20	293	16.49 ± 6.38
Age of first psychotic symptoms	392	19.15 ± 6.12	104	18.74 ± 6.11	288	19.30 ± 6.13
Number of psychiatric hospitalizations	314	1.94 ± 1.98
Symptoms of Depression	403	12.46 ± 4.04	105	15.41 ± 4.22	298	11.42 ± 3.42	***
Positive Symptoms	403	18.77 ± 5.23	105	20.37 ± 4.86	298	18.20 ± 5.24	***
Negative Symptoms	403	20.19 ± 5.31	105	20.86 ± 5.59	298	19.96 ± 5.20
Clinical insight	403	3.85 ± 1.08	105	3.60 ± .905	298	3.94 ± 1.12	**
Cognition
Working memory	402	17.91 ± 4.61	106	17.30 ± 4.84	296	18.13 ± 4.52
Attention and info processing speed	400	48.67 ± 13.47	105	48.88 ± 14.96	295	48.60 ± 12.94
Executive functioning	400	15.61 ± 4.51	106	15.56 ± 4.59	294	15.63 ± 4.49
Verbal memory	402	37.78 ± 11.48	106	38.13 ± 10.97	296	37.66 ± 11.68
Verbal fluency	402	41.94 ± 11.95	106	41.94 ± 13.37	296	41.94 ± 11.42
Motor speed	402	58.67 ± 15.36	106	58.51 ± 16.08	296	58.72 ± 15.12
DSM-IV Diagnosis							***
Schizophrenia	214	53.0	50	47.2	164	55.0
Schizoaffective bipolar	24	5.9	10	9.4	14	4.7
Schizoaffective depressive	57	14.1	28	26.4	29	9.7
Schizophreniform	67	16.6	10	9.4	57	19.1
Brief psychotic disorder	2	0.5	0	0.0	2	0.7
Psychotic disorder NOS	40	9.9	8	7.5	32	10.7

^aMeasured from baseline to end of study; all other variables measured at baseline

^bSignificance between suicide ideation groups examined using independent samples t-tests and chi-square tests

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.001