Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the studied sample
From: A clinical study of suicide in patients admitted in psychiatry unit in Assiut University
| Â | Total (n = 100) | Male (n = 54) | Female (n = 46) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Age | |||||||
 < 25 years | 33 | 33.0 | 15 | 27.8 | 18 | 39.1 | 0.603 N.S |
 25- < 30 years | 21 | 21.0 | 12 | 22.2 | 9 | 19.6 | |
 30- < 35 years | 17 | 17.0 | 11 | 20.4 | 6 | 13.0 | |
 ≥ 35 years | 29 | 29.0 | 16 | 29.6 | 13 | 28.3 | |
 Mean ± SD (range) | 30.34 ± 10.78 (12.0-61.0) | 31.15 ± 10.25 (19.0-61.0) | 29.39 ± 11.42 (12.0-55.0) | 0.420 N.S | |||
Education | |||||||
 Illiterate | 15 | 15.0 | 4 | 7.4 | 11 | 23.9 | 0.000** |
 Read and write | 31 | 31.0 | 9 | 16.7 | 22 | 47.8 | |
 Primary education | 48 | 48.0 | 35 | 64.8 | 13 | 28.3 | |
 High education | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Occupation | |||||||
 Not working | 63 | 63.0 | 18 | 33.3 | 45 | 97.8 | 0.000** |
 Manual worker | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
 Office worker | 10 | 10.0 | 9 | 16.7 | 1 | 2.2 | |
Marital status | |||||||
 Single | 48 | 48.0 | 31 | 57.4 | 17 | 37.0 | 0.063 N.S |
 Married | 44 | 44.0 | 21 | 38.9 | 23 | 50.0 | |
 Divorced | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.7 | 1 | 2.2 | |
 Separated | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6.5 | |
 Widow | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.3 | |