Table 1.

Descriptive and inferential statistics for control (n = 192) and suicide exposed (n = 42) groups

Variables	n	%	Mean (SD)	n	%	Mean (SD)	t/χ2
Sociodemographic variables	Control group			Exposed group
Age in years			35.26 (11.99)			36.31 (12.82)	.51
Years of education			14.03 (2.53)			13.56 (2.85)
Unemployment
Employed	157	81.8		28	66.7		4.75*
Unemployed	35	18.2		14	33.3
Gender
Male	35	18.2		9	21.4		.23
Female	157	81.8		33	78.6
Marital status
Not married	120	62.5		27	64.3		.047
Married or living together	72	37.5		15	35.7
Having had a psychiatric diagnosis
No	171	89.1		37	88.1		.033
Yes	21	10.9		5	11.9
Study variables
Suicidal ideation			11.46 (3.75)			13.95 (8.17)	3.02** d = .39 a
Bearable psychache			18.44 (8.26)			21.57 (10.22)	2.13* d = .34 a
Unbearable psychache			4.72 (2.28)			5.86 (3.38)	2.07* d = .40 a
Depressive symptoms			20.92 (10.84)			24.86 (13.14)	2.05* d = .33 a

^a Cohen’s d. *p < .05, **p < .01.