Table 2. Suicidal ideation difference (yes/no) across different characteristics (n = 412)*.
Self- report of Suicidal ideation | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 95) | No (n = 317) | ||||
N | % | N | % | ||
Gender | Male | 29 | 12.5** | 133 | 87.5 |
Female | 59 | 26.6 | 163 | 73.4 | |
Others | 10 | 45.5 | 12 | 54.5 | |
Grade | 9 | 29 | 25.4¥ | 85 | 74.6 |
10 | 27 | 32.5 | 56 | 67.5 | |
11 | 5 | 8.6 | 53 | 91.4 | |
12 | 30 | 20.8 | 114 | 79.2 | |
Cannabis use | Yes | 42 | 40.0** | 63 | 60.0 |
No | 53 | 17.3 | 254 | 82.7 | |
Alcohol use | Yes | 69 | 27.6¥ | 181 | 72.4 |
No | 25 | 15.8 | 133 | 84.2 | |
Other drugs use | Yes | 16 | 53.3** | 14 | 46.7 |
No | 79 | 20.8 | 301 | 79.2 | |
Tobacco use | Yes | 37 | 41.6** | 52 | 58.4 |
No | 58 | 18.0 | 264 | 82.0 | |
Ever bullied | Yes | 66 | 34.4** | 126 | 65.6 |
No | 29 | 13.2 | 191 | 86.8 | |
Household income | Less than 70k | 16 | 31.4 | 35 | 68.6 |
70- <80k | 3 | 11.5 | 23 | 88.5 | |
>=80k | 15 | 23.8 | 48 | 76.2 | |
Ethnicity | First Nations | 5 | 25.0 | 15 | 75.0 |
Canadian | 33 | 20.8 | 126 | 79.2 | |
Others | 50 | 23.1 | 166 | 76.9 | |
Parental education | Less or equal than secondary/high school | 27 | 26.7 | 74 | 73.3 |
Some post-secondary (university or college) or more | 52 | 19.5 | 215 | 80.5 | |
Perceptions of the legalization of recreational marijuana | Agree | 48 | 33.1** | 97 | 66.9 |
Disagree | 24 | 19.5 | 99 | 80.5 | |
I do not know | 20 | 16.4 | 102 | 83.6 | |
Perceptions of getting access to marijuana | Difficult | 7 | 17.1 | 34 | 82.9 |
Easy | 58 | 27.1 | 156 | 72.9 | |
I do not know | 27 | 19.7 | 110 | 80.3 |
** p <0.001 based on chi-square tests comparing proportions of suicidal ideation difference (Yes/No) across different characteristics.
¥ p <0.05 based on chi-square tests comparing proportions of suicidal ideation difference (Yes/No) across different characteristics.