Table 1.
Socio-demographic and criminological characteristics of the sample.
| Non-suicide risk | Suicide risk | Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | χ2 | df | p | ||
| Gender (n = 408) | 11.1 | 1 | 0.002 | |||||
| Male | 286 | 88.3 | 62 | 73.8 | ||||
| Female | 38 | 11.7 | 22 | 26.2 | ||||
| Education level (n = 394) | 0.31 | 1 | 0.640 | |||||
| Low (≤9 years) | 252 | 81.0 | 65 | 78.3 | ||||
| High (>9 years) | 59 | 19.0 | 18 | 21.7 | ||||
| Residence (n = 407) | 2.0 | 1 | 0.188 | |||||
| Urban | 36 | 11.1 | 14 | 16.9 | ||||
| Rural | 288 | 88.9 | 69 | 83.1 | ||||
| Unmarried (n = 406) | 1.1 | 1 | 0.175 | |||||
| No | 86 | 26.6 | 27 | 32.5 | ||||
| Yes | 237 | 73.4 | 56 | 67.5 | ||||
| Unemployed (n = 392) | 1.5 | 1 | 0.260 | |||||
| No | 135 | 43.7 | 30 | 42.1 | ||||
| Yes | 174 | 56.3 | 53 | 57.9 | ||||
| History of psychiatric treatment (n = 403) | 2.7 | 1 | 0.116 | |||||
| No | 110 | 34.5 | 21 | 25.0 | ||||
| Yes | 209 | 65.5 | 63 | 75.0 | ||||
| Current type of offense (n = 408) | 2.7 | 1 | 0.138 | |||||
| Non-homicide | 59 | 18.2 | 9 | 10.7 | ||||
| Homicide | 265 | 81.8 | 75 | 89.3 | ||||
| Family history of mental disorders (n = 382) | 1.3 | 1 | 0.302 | |||||
| No | 258 | 84.6 | 61 | 79.2 | ||||
| Yes | 47 | 15.4 | 16 | 20.8 | ||||
| Self-harm history (n = 389) | 7.5 | 1 | 0.010 | |||||
| No | 291 | 94.2 | 68 | 85.0 | ||||
| Yes | 18 | 5.8 | 12 | 15.0 | ||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | p | ||
| Age (n = 408) | 44.3 | 9.1 | 42.0 | 10.1 | 2.0 | 406 | 0.048 | |
| Work ability (n = 395) | 2.8 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 1.7 | −2.7 | 393 | 0.007 | |
Unmarried status includes single, divorced, and widowed.