Table 2.

Characteristics of the sample based on Wave 1 suicidal ideation–Continuous variables.

	Total sample (n=1296)		Wave 1 SI present (n=222)		Wave 1 SI absent (n=1074)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Age in years	46.0	17.3	39.5	15.7	47.4	17.3⁎⁎⁎
Years of education	14.6	1.8	14.5	1.7	14.6	1.8
COVID-related impairment	20.6	9.3	25.5	10.3	19.5	8.7⁎⁎⁎
Loneliness	15.6	4.3	19.2	4.0	14.9	4.0⁎⁎⁎

Notes: COVID: coronavirus disease-2019; SI: suicidal ideation; Wave 1 comparisons for SI present vs. absent based on independent t-tests, with * p<.05, ^⁎⁎p<.01, ^⁎⁎⁎p<.001