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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Dec 22;92(3):236–245. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.11.026

Table 1.

Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Family History of ABCD Participants Based on Youth-Reported Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts at Baseline

Variables ABCD Suicidal Ideation Suicide Attempts
All Samples (N = 11,878) Cases (n = 1025) Controls (n = 10,853) Cases (n = 156) Controls (n = 11,722)
Age, Years, Mean (±SD) 9.91 (±0.62) 9.91 (±0.63) 9.92 (±0.62) 9.93 (±0.62) 9.91 (±0.62)
Sex, Male, n (%) 6196 (52.17) 595 (57.99) 5601 (51.62) 89 (57.05) 6107 (52.1)
Race, n (%)
 African American 2269 (19.1) 199 (19.4) 2070 (19.08) 47 (30.13) 2222 (18.96)
 Asian 1113 (9.37) 119 (11.6) 994 (9.16) 15 (9.62) 1098 (9.37)
 Othera 800 (6.74) 71 (6.92) 729 (6.72) 9 (5.77) 791 (6.75)
 White 7695 (64.79) 637 (62.09) 7058 (65.04) 85 (54.49) 7610 (64.93)
Ethnicity, Hispanic, n (%) 2410 (20.29) 195 (19.01) 2215 (20.41) 40 (25.64) 2370 (20.22)
Parental Education, n (%)
 < HS diploma/GED 593 (4.99) 45 (4.39) 548 (5.05) 8 (5.13) 585 (4.99)
 HS diploma/GED 1132 (9.53) 88 (8.58) 1044 (9.62) 22 (14.1) 1110 (9.47)
 Some college 3079 (25.92) 307 (29.92) 2772 (25.55) 62 (39.74) 3017 (25.74)
 Bachelor’s degree 3029 (25.5) 258 (25.15) 2771 (25.54) 37 (23.72) 2992 (25.53)
 Postgraduate degree 4044 (34.05) 328 (31.97) 3716 (34.25) 27 (17.31) 4017 (34.27)
Household Income, n (%)
 < $50,000 3223 (27.14) 297 (28.95) 2926 (26.97) 76 (48.72) 3147 (26.85)
 > $50,000 and < $100,000 4089 (34.43) 377 (36.74) 3712 (34.21) 52 (33.33) 4037 (34.44)
 > $100,000 4565 (38.44) 352 (34.31) 4213 (38.83) 28 (17.95) 4537 (38.71)
Marital Status of Parents, Married, n (%) 8087 (68.09) 651 (63.45) 7436 (68.53) 77 (49.36) 8010 (68.34)
Family History of Suicide, n (%) 1827 (15.38) 198 (19.3) 1629 (15.01) 42 (26.92) 1785 (15.23)

Demographic and family socioeconomic information was obtained from the ABCD Parent Demographics Survey data. Suicidality data were generated based on the youth version of the computerized Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for DSM-5; detailed information for individual items is summarized in Table S1.

ABCD, Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development; GED, General Educational Development Test; HS, high school.

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“Other” includes study participants who endorsed multiple races, American Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific, or others.