Table 1.
Association Between Socio-Demographic Variables and Suicidality
| Variables | Total Sample; n, % | Suicidality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean & SD | F/t Test value | p-value | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤20 | 228, 30.2% | 1.58 ± 1.04 | 0.471 | 0.624 |
| 21–23 | 362, 47.9% | 1.54 ± 0.76 | ||
| ≥24 | 166, 22.0% | 1.61 ± 1.02 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 310, 41% | 1.63 ± 0.92 | 1.468 | 0.142 |
| Male | 446, 59% | 1.53 ± 0.90 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Unmarried | 685, 90.6% | 1.55 ± 0.89 | −1.191 | 0.234 |
| Married | 71, 9.4% | 1.69 ± 1.08 | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Muslim | 676, 89.4% | 1.56 ± 0.89 | −0.597 | 0.551 |
| Hindu | 80, 10.4% | 1.62 ± 1.05 | ||
| Educational status | ||||
| Up to secondary | 151, 20% | 1.64 ± 1.03 | 1.129 | 0.259 |
| More than secondary | 605, 80% | 1.55 ± 0.88 | ||
| Socio-economic status | ||||
| Lower class | 189, 27.2% | 1.57 ± 0.94 | 0.197 | 0.821 |
| Middle class | 237, 34.1% | 1.55 ± 0.93 | ||
| Higher class | 270, 38.8% | 1.60 ± 0.91 | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Student | 625, 82.7% | 1.57 ± 0.91 | 0.689 | 0.888 |
| Non-student | 131, 17.3% | 1.56 ± 0.95 | ||
| Current residence | ||||
| Rural | 266, 35.2% | 1.54 ± 0.85 | −0.580 | 0.562 |
| Urban | 490, 64.8% | 1.58 ± 0.95 | ||