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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of major depressive disorder patients with low and high suicidality

From: Clinical and sociodemographic correlates of suicidality in patients with major depressive disorder from six Asian countries

 

Low suicidality ( n = 422)

High suicidality ( n = 125)

Comparison of low and high suicidality groups

 

n

%

n

%

χ 2

df

pvalue

Country

       

 China

89

78.1

25

21.9

45.62

5

<0.001*

 South Korea

58

57.4

43

42.6

   

 Malaysia

82

91.1

8

8.9

   

 Singapore

33

82.5

7

17.5

   

 Thailand

92

89.3

11

10.7

   

 Taiwan

68

68.7

31

31.3

   

Age group

       

 18–29 years

128

78.5

35

21.5

4.40

4

0.355*

 30–39 years

86

71.7

34

28.3

   

 40–49 years

76

74.5

26

25.5

   

 50–59 years

103

81.1

24

18.9

   

 60–65 years

29

82.9

6

17.1

   

Sex

       

 Male

160

82.1

35

17.9

4.13

1

0.044*

 Female

262

74.4

90

25.6

   

Marital status

       

 Married or co-habiting

254

73.8

64

26.3

2.90

2

0.235

 Widowed or divorced

50

79.9

18

20.1

   

 Never married

118

73.5

42

26.5

   

Work status

       

 Employed

216

84.0

41

16.0

13.42

2

0.001*

 Homemaker or student

132

72.1

51

27.9

   

 Unemployed

74

69.2

33

30.8

   

Education

       

 None or primary

67

83.8

13

16.3

3.30

2

0.192

 Secondary or vocational

236

74.7

80

25.3

   

 College

119

78.8

32

21.2

   

Past hospitalization

    

13.76

1

.001**

 None

394

93.8

104

83.2

   

 Presence

26

6.2

21

16.8

   

Religion

       

 No religion

159

73.3

58

26.7

12.57

5

0.028*

 Buddhist

152

v

39

20.4

   

 Christian

50

69.4

22

30.6

   

 Hindu

20

95.2

1

4.8

   

 Muslim

34

89.5

4

10.5

   

 Other

7

87.5

1

12.5

   
 

Mean (SD)

 

Mean (SD)

 

t

df

p value

Age (years)

39.9 (13.4)

 

38.7 (12.6)

 

0.89

545

0.376

Age at first onset (years)

36.9 (13.4)

 

34.8 (12.8)

 

1.56

544

0.119

Length of illness (weeks)

76.1 (159.3)

 

90.2 (174.8)

 

0.45

545

0.398

  1. *P < 0.05.
  2. **P < 0.01.