From: How to integrate proxy data from two informants in life event assessment in psychological autopsy
groups | variables | Suicides (n = 392) | Controls (n = 416) | t | df | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st informant | Gender | 28.92d | 1 | < 0.001 | ||
Male | 224 (57.1) a | 159 (38.2) a | ||||
Female | 168 (42.9) a | 257 (61.8) a | ||||
Age (yr) | 49 (38, 57) b | 36 (29, 46) b | 10.77 | 800 | < 0.001 | |
Education (yr) | 6 (4, 9) a | 9 (6, 9) a | − 6.42b | 806 | < 0.001 | |
Familiarity to the target | 2.90(0.99) c | 3.16(0.78) c | − 3.93 | 731 | < 0.001 | |
2nd informant | Gender | 0.01 | 1 | 0.906 | ||
Male | 217 (55.4) | 232 (55.8) | ||||
Female | 175 (44.6) | 184 (44.2) | ||||
Age (yr) | 43 (33, 52) b | 31 (21, 41) b | 6.36 | 806 | < 0.001 | |
Education (yr) | 9 (6, 9) a | 9 (7, 9) a | −3.65 | 801 | < 0.001 | |
Familiarity to the target | 2.34(0.82) c | 2.66(0.75) c | − 5.54 | 728 | < 0.001 |