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Table 1 Prevalence of suicidal ideation in the past year by participant characteristics among elderly in Shandong, China (n = 7070)

From: Association between interpersonal trust and suicidal ideation in older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of 7070 subjects in Shandong, China

  

Suicidal Ideation in The Past Year

  
 

N (%)

No (%)

Yes (%)

χ2/t

p value

Total

7070

6571 (92.9)

499 (7.1)

Gender

30.025

0.000

 Male

2846 (40.3)

2703 (95.0)

143 (5.0)

 Female

4224 (59.7)

3868 (91.6)

356 (8.4)

Age

9.274

0.055

 60–64

1577 (22.3)

1448 (91.8)

129 (8.2)

 65–69

2129 (30.1)

1970 (92.5)

159 (7.5)

 70–74

1780 (25.2)

1657 (93.1)

123 (6.9)

 75–79

975 (13.8)

923 (94.7)

52 (5.3)

 ≧80

609 (8.6)

573 (94.1)

36 (5.9)

Residence

28.204

0.000

 Rural

4990 (70.6)

4586 (91.9)

404 (8.1)

 Town

524 (7.4)

503 (96)

21 (4)

 Urban

156 (22)

1482 (95.2)

74 (4.8)

Living alone

0.116

0.733

 Yes

1026 (14.5)

951 (92.7)

75 (7.3)

 No

6044 (85.5)

5620 (93)

424 (7)

Marital status

17.342

0.000

 Single a

1331 (18.8)

1202 (90.3)

129 (9.7)

 Couple

5739 (81.2)

5369 (93.6)

370 (6.4)

Educational level

48.624

0.000

 No schooling

2270 (32.1)

2045 (90.1)

225 (9.9)

 Primary school

2924 (41.4)

2734 (93.5)

190 (6.5)

 Junior school and above

1876 (26.5)

1792 (95.5)

84 (4.5)

Self-rated economic status

303.471

0.000

 Wealthy and not worried about livelihood

1618 (22.9)

1557 (96.2)

61 (3.8)

 Not wealthy but not worried about livelihood

4920 (69.6)

4510 (93.7)

310 (6.3)

 Not wealthy and worried about livelihood

478 (6.8)

374 (78.2)

104 (21.8)

 Poor and worried about livelihood

54 (0.8)

30 (55.6)

24 (44.4)

Chronic disease

49.681

0.000

 No

2200 (31.1)

2115 (96.1)

85 (3.9)

 Yes

4870 (68.9)

4456 (91.5)

414 (8.5)

Self-rated health status in one month

350.75

0.000

 Good

4615 (65.3)

4443 (96.3)

172 (3.7)

 Fair

1657 (23.4)

1503 (90.7)

154 (9.3)

 Poor

798 (11.3)

625 (78.3)

173 (21.7)

Family relationship in one month

241.192

0.000

 Good

6694 (94.7)

6286 (93.9)

408 (6.1)

 Fair

310 (4.4)

250 (80.6)

60 (19.4)

 Poor

66 (0.9)

35 (53)

31 (47)

Interpersonal trust

84.618

0.000

 Trust

6154 (87)

5777 (93.9)

377 (6.1)

 Median

797 (11.3)

703 (88.2)

94 (11.8)

 Mistrust

119 (1.7)

91 (76.5)

28 (23.5)

 Psychological distress (M ± SD)

15.34 ± 6.68

14.62 ± 5.90

24.78 ± 8.84

25.254

0.000

  1. Note: a Others included those who are unmarried (0.9%), widowed (17.6%), or divorced (0.2%)