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. 2022 Feb 14;17(2):e0263533. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263533

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.