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. 2022 Dec 6;68(7):531–546. doi: 10.1177/07067437221140375

Table 1.

Suicidal Ideation Frequency by Sample Characteristics (N = 4,693)a.

Characteristic Overall Total n (% of total sample) 30-day frequency of suicidal ideation
None (n = 3,807) n (row %) A little of the time (n = 507) n (row %) Some of the time (n = 264) n (row %) Most of the time or all or almost all of the time (n = 115) n (row %)
Gender *** *** *** ***
 Male 1,628 (34.69) 1,385 (85.07) 145 (8.91) 68 (4.18) 30 (1.84)
 Female 2,959 (63.05) 2,356 (79.62) 341 (11.52) 182 (6.15) 80 (2.70)
 Otherb 106 (2.26) 66 (62.26) 21 (19.81) 14 (13.21) 5 (4.72)
Age *** *** *** ***
 18 or younger 502 (10.70) 385 (76.69) 55 (10.96) 37 (7.37) 25 (4.98)
 19 609 (12.98) 468 (76.85) 71 (11.66) 46 (7.55) 24 (3.94)
 20 563 (12.00) 447 (79.40) 70 (12.43) 37 (6.57) 9 (1.60)
 21 493 (10.51) 383 (77.69) 62 (12.58) 34 (6.90) 14 (2.84)
 22 410 (8.74) 333 (81.22) 43 (10.49) 27 (6.59) 7 (1.71)
 23 298 (6.35) 246 (82.55) 31 (10.40) 14 (4.70) 7 (2.35)
 24 251 (5.35) 197 (78.49) 29 (11.55) 21 (8.37) 4 (1.59)
 25 or older 1,567 (33.39) 1,348 (86.02) 146 (9.32) 48 (3.06) 25 (1.60)
Type of communication participant responded to ** ** ** **
 Initial survey 3,821 (81.42) 3,056 (79.98) 440 (11.52) 225 (5.89) 100 (2.62)
 Hard to reach with phone 750 (15.98) 645 (86.00) 58 (7.73) 34 (4.53) 13 (1.73)
 Hard to reach without phone 122 (2.60) 106 (86.89) 9 (7.38) 5 (4.10) 2 (1.64)
Lifetime depression without 30-day depression? *** *** *** ***
 No 4,073 (86.79) 3,210 (78.81) 488 (11.98) 260 (6.38) 115 (2.82)
 Yes 620 (13.21) 597 (96.29) 19 (3.06) 4 (0.65) 0 (0.00)
Any current depression? *** *** *** ***
 No 1,704 (36.31) 1,659 (97.36) 39 (2.29) 5 (0.29) 1 (0.06)
 Yes 2,989 (63.69) 2,148 (71.86) 468 (15.66) 259 (8.67) 114 (3.81)
Lifetime anxiety without any 30-day anxiety? *** *** *** ***
 No 3,918 (83.49) 3,078 (78.56) 471 (12.02) 256 (6.53) 113 (2.88)
 Yes 775 (16.51) 729 (94.06) 36 (4.65) 8 (1.03) 2 (0.26)
Any current anxiety? *** *** *** ***
 No 1,432 (30.51) 1,360 (94.97) 57 (3.98) 10 (0.70) 5 (0.35)
 Yes 3,261 (69.49) 2,447 (75.04) 450 (13.80) 254 (7.79) 110 (3.37)
Had the COVID-19 pandemic affect their emotional wellbeing? *** *** *** ***
 No 729 (15.53) 655 (89.85) 45 (6.17) 19 (2.61) 10 (1.37)
 Yes, but they were able to manage it 2,375 (50.61) 2,043 (86.02) 217 (9.14) 87 (3.66) 28 (1.18)
 Yes, they are overwhelmed and couldn't/can't find help 594 (12.66) 335 (56.40) 110 (18.52) 97 (16.33) 52 (8.75)
 Yes, they are overwhelmed but were/are able to get help 995 (21.20) 774 (77.79) 135 (13.57) 61 (6.13) 25 (2.51)
Type of student *** *** *** ***
 1st year undergraduate 670 (14.28) 518 (77.31) 77 (11.49) 44 (6.57) 31 (4.63)
 2nd year undergraduate 709 (15.11) 554 (78.14) 79 (11.14) 53 (7.48) 23 (3.24)
 3rd year undergraduate 820 (17.47) 644 (78.54) 105 (12.80) 56 (6.83) 15 (1.83)
 4th year undergraduate 655 (13.96) 523 (79.85) 78 (11.91) 38 (5.80) 16 (2.44)
 Graduate 1,284 (27.36) 1,098 (85.51) 112 (8.72) 51 (3.97) 23 (1.79)
 Other 555 (11.83) 470 (84.68) 56 (10.09) 22 (3.96) 7 (1.26)
Ethnicity * * * *
 White 1,762 (37.55) 1,482 (84.11) 166 (9.42) 79 (4.48) 35 (1.99)
 First Nations, Inuit or Métis 143 (3.05) 115 (80.42) 20 (13.99) 6 (4.20) 2 (1.40)
 Chinese 1,288 (27.45) 1,022 (79.35) 152 (11.80) 79 (6.13) 35 (2.72)
 Non-Indigenous or Chinese Visible Minority 1,500 (31.96) 1,188 (79.20) 169 (11.27) 100 (6.67) 43 (2.87)
Housing type ** ** ** **
 With parents or other relatives 1,899 (40.46) 1,499 (78.94) 217 (11.43) 128 (6.74) 55 (2.90)
 In their own home or apartment (owned or rented) 1,320 (28.13) 1,124 (85.15) 119 (9.02) 54 (4.09) 23 (1.74)
 In a university owned or operated residence or fraternity 680 (14.49) 542 (79.71) 77 (11.32) 44 (6.47) 17 (2.50)
 In a shared house, apartment or flat 727 (15.49) 584 (80.33) 91 (12.52) 35 (4.81) 17 (2.34)
 Other 67 (1.43) 58 (86.57) 3 (4.48) 3 (4.48) 3 (4.48)
Lifetime suicide plan? *** *** *** ***
 No 3,611 (76.94) 3,214 (89.01) 264 (7.31) 101 (2.80) 32 (0.89)
 Yes 1,082 (23.06) 593 (54.81) 243 (22.46) 163 (15.06) 83 (7.67)
Lifetime suicide attempt? *** *** *** ***
 No 4,412 (94.01) 3,673 (83.25) 443 (10.04) 217 (4.92) 79 (1.79)
 Yes 281 (5.99) 134 (47.69) 64 (22.78) 47 (16.73) 36 (12.81)

*p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001; Both Chi-squared and Fisher's exact tests were used where the cell counts are small. These are testing for an overall association.

aOnly significant results are shown, see complete table in Appendix.

b“Other” gender is defined as a gender identity different than sex at birth. While there are many subgroups within this, they have been collapsed for the purpose of this analysis due to small cell counts.