Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample, with prevalence of Wave 1 suicidal ideation–Categorical variables.

	n	%	Wave 1 SI (%)
Total	1296	100.0%	17.1%
Gender
Female	649	50.1%	14.8%*
Male	645	49.8%	19.4%
History of mental illness
None reported	740	57.1%	9.7%⁎⁎⁎
Past diagnosis	246	19.0%	17.5%
Current diagnosis	310	23.9%	34.5%
COVID impacted employment
Yes	304	23.5%	24.7%⁎⁎⁎
No	992	76.5%	14.8%
COVID-related financial distress
Yes	421	32.5%	29.7%⁎⁎⁎
No	875	67.5%	11.1%
Direct COVID impact
Yes	36	2.8%	31.3%⁎⁎
No	1260	97.2%	16.7%
Have a partner
Yes	853	65.8%	15.7%
No	443	34.2%	19.9%
Live alone
Yes	157	12.1%	14.6%
No	1139	87.9%	17.5%
State/Territory of residence
ACT	37	2.9%	10.8%
NSW	409	31.6%	17.2%
NT	12	0.9%	8.3%
Qld	249	19.2%	19.3%
SA	96	7.4%	18.8%
Tas	36	2.8%	8.3%
Vic	313	24.2%	18.5%
WA	144	11.1%	13.9%

Notes: COVID: coronavirus disease-2019; SI: suicidal ideation; ACT: Australian Capital Territory; NSW: New South Wales; NT: Northern Territory; QLD: Queensland; SA: South Australia; Tas: Tasmania; Vic: Victoria; WA: Western Australia; Wave 1 prevalence comparisons based on χ² statistics, with

^⁎p<.05,

^⁎⁎p<.01,

^⁎⁎⁎p<.001