Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of depressed suicide attempters with and without history of lifetime substance use disorder.
| Variable | History of lifetime substance use disorder (N = 135) | No History of substance use disorder (N = 219) | Analysis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | t | df | P | |
| Age (years) | 135 | 36.1 | 11.2 | 219 | 36.7 | 12.6 | −0.473 | 352 | 0.637 |
| n | % | n | % | χ2 | df | P | |||
| Sex; Female | 66 | 29.7 | 156 | 70.3 | 17.831 | 1 | <0.001 | ||
| Race; White | 95 | 38.6 | 151 | 61.4 | 3.334 | 0.515 | |||
| Ethnicity; Hispanic | 11 | 29.7 | 26 | 70.3 | 1.171 | 1 | 0.279 | ||
| Education; < high school graduate | 41 | 52.6 | 37 | 47.4 | 8.931 | 1 | 0.003 | ||
| Marital Status; Married | 19 | 31.1 | 42 | 68.9 | 6.045 | 0.193 | |||
| Currently Employed | 55 | 39.6 | 84 | 60.4 | 0.199 | 1 | 0.655 | ||
| History of childhood physical/sexual abuse (before age 15) | 43 | 34.7 | 81 | 65.3 | 1.297 | 1 | 0.328 | ||
| History of completed suicide in a family member | 8 | 61.5 | 5 | 38.5 | 3.133 | 1 | 0.087 | ||
| History of attempted suicide in a family member | 20 | 44.4 | 25 | 55.6 | 0.870 | 1 | 0.412 | ||
| Inpatient at time of interview | 94 | 43.5 | 122 | 56.5 | 6.538 | 1 | 0.013 | ||