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. 2022 Jun 14:1–13. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722001933

Table 2.

Prevalence of high risk of suicide among undergraduate students at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) according to exposure categories in the 2019 (N = 996) and 2020 (N = 1437) collections

Variable 2019 2020 Interaction (2019 × 2020)
Sex p = 0.112 p = 0.029 p = 0.010
Male 13.3% 13.5%
Female 10.0% 18.5%
Sexual orientation p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.505
Heterosexual 8.1% 12.6%
Homo/bi/pansexual 22.0% 29.5%
Age p = 0.054 p = 0.151 p = 0.508
18–24 years 12.8% 18.6%
25–31years 8.8% 15.7%
32 years or more 6.3% 13.8%
Race and ethnicity p = 0.960 p = 0.689 p = 0.796
White 11.3% 16.7%
Black, brown, or other 11.2% 17.7%
Income per capita (quintiles) p = 0.448 p = 0.002 p = 0.048
1st quintile (poorest) 12.4% 23.1%
2nd quintile 9.4% 16.2%
3rd quintile 8.8% 17.0%
4th quintile 14.6% 13.7%
5th quintile (richest) 12.9% 9.5%
Housing status p = 0.903 p = 0.742 p = 0.987
Lives with family members 10.8% 16.8%
Lives alone 12.1% 19.6%
Lives with friends/peers 11.0% 17.8%
Housing quality p = 0.294 p = 0.511 p = 0.609
Better 10.6% 16.5%
Worse 12.9% 17.9%
Food insecurity p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.857
No 8.8% 11.5%
Yes 17.2% 21.6%
Social support p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.591
Low 33.3% 36.7%
Medium 12.7% 18.0%
High 6.7% 7.9%
Desired course on entry p = 0.086 p = 0.855 p = 0.141
No 14.1% 16.7%
Yes 10.1% 17.1%
Satisfaction with current course p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.501
Not at all/unsatisfied 23.0% 27.0%
Moderately satisfied 11.8% 17.6%
Very/totally satisfied 8.6% 14.1%
Physical activity in the previous week p = 0.257 p = 0.003 p = 0.473
No 13.1% 20.4%
Yes 10.6% 14.0%
Generalized anxiety p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.174
No 6.9% 8.0%
Yes 21.3% 33.6%
Depression p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.063
No 3.8% 2.4%
Yes 23.7% 29.2%
Stress p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.307
Less stressed (1st–3rd quartiles) 7.6% 10.5%
More stressed (4th quartile) 23.5% 40.5%

SABES-Grad Study, Brazil, 2021.