Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants by suicide experience (n = 308).

From: The mediating effects of personality traits on the relationship of youth conduct problems and mood disorders with adulthood suicidality

 

Total

No suicide experience

Suicide plans

Suicide attempts

p-value for Chi-square/ANOVA

(n = 187)

(n = 30)

(n = 91)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age (years) (mean, SD)

31.6 (7.7)

32.0 (8.0)

28.7 (7.1)

31.9 (7.4)

0.09

Sex

 Female

131 (42.5)

69 (36.9)

8 (26.7)

54 (59.3)

< 0.001

 Male

177 (57.5))

118 (63.1)

22 (73.3)

37 (40.7)

Marital status

 Married

91 (29.5)

61 (32.6)

5 (16.7)

25 (27.5)

0.18

 Separated/divorced/widowed/Single

217 (70.5)

126 (67.4)

25 (83.3)

66 (72.5)

Education status

 Junior high school

59 (19.2)

28 (15.0)

2 (6.7)

29 (31.9)

0.001

 Senior high school

169 (54.9)

103 (55.1)

17 (56.7)

49 (53.8)

 University

80 (26.0)

56 (29.9)

11 (36.7)

13 (14.3)

Job

 Unemployed

172 (55.8)

85 (45.5)

21 (70.0)

66 (72.5)

< 0.001

 Employed

136 (44.2)

102 (54.5)

9 (30.0)

25 (27.5)

Alcohol drinking

 No drinking

189 (61.4)

123 (65.8)

16 (53.3)

50 (54.9)

0.26

 Drinking without abuse

73 (23.7)

40 (21.4)

10 (33.3)

23 (25.3)

 Drinking with abuse

46 (14.9)

24 (12.8)

4 (13.3)

18 (19.8)

Smoking status

 Non-smoker

122 (39.6)

81 (43.3)

10 (33.3)

31 (34.0)

0.052

 Ex-smoker

86 (27.9)

57 (30.5)

9 (30.0)

20 (22.0)

 Current smoker

100 (32.5)

49 (26.2)

11 (36.7)

40 (44.0)

Diagnosis

 Major depressive disorder + Bipolar disorder

200 (64.9)

94 (50.3)

23 (76.7)

83 (91.2)

< 0.001

 No diagnosis

108 (35.1)

93 (49.7)

7 (23.3)

8 (8.8)

Conduct problems

 Dichotomous (≥ 3 items)

133 (43.2)

76 (40.6)

13 (43.3)

44 (48.4)

0.48

 Continuous (mean, SD)

2.7 (2.7)

2.3 (2.3)

3.2 (3.1)

3.3 (3.2)

0.004

Eysenck personality questionnaire (mean, SD)

 Extraversion

6.1 (2.6)

6.3 (2.6)

5.7 (2.7)

5.8 (2.5)

0.17

 Neuroticism

7.0 (3.7)

5.6 (3.4)

8.5 (2.7)

9.3 (3.1)

< 0.001