Table 2 Relation between suicidal behaviors and sociodemographic characteristics of the studied youths
Sociodemographic characteristics | Total SBQ-R | Test of sig. | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
˂ 7 points | ≥ 7 points | |||||
No | % | No. | % | |||
Age (years) | T | |||||
Mean ± SD | 20.9 ± 2.0 | 20.4 ± 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.06 | ||
Sex | ||||||
Male (n=112) | 92 | 82.1 | 20 | 17.9 | χ2 | 0.03* |
Female (n=252) | 181 | 71.8 | 71 | 28.2 | 4.4 | |
Residence | ||||||
Rural (n=201) | 158 | 78.6 | 43 | 21.4 | χ2 | 0.08 |
Urban (n=163) | 115 | 70.6 | 48 | 29.4 | 3.1 | |
Marital status | ||||||
Single (n=244) | 189 | 77.55 | 55 | 22.5 | χ2 | 0.2 |
Engaged (n=109) | 78 | 71.6 | 31 | 28.4 | 5.1 | |
Married/divorced (n=11) | 6 | 54.5 | 5 | 45.5 | ||
Occupation | ||||||
Working (n=70) | 54 | 77.1 | 16 | 22.9 | χ2 | 0.6 |
Not working (n=294) | 219 | 74.5 | 75 | 25.5 | 0.2 | |
Father education | ||||||
Illiterate, read, & write (n=27) | 21 | 77.8 | 6 | 22.2 | χ2 | 0.3 |
Primary education (n=29) | 22 | 75.9 | 7 | 24.1 | 4.1 | |
Secondary education (n=121) | 83 | 68.6 | 38 | 31.4 | ||
High education (n=187) | 147 | 78.6 | 40 | 21.4 | ||
Mother education | ||||||
Illiterate, read, & write (n=43) | 30 | 69.8 | 13 | 30.2 | χ2 | 0.8 |
Primary education (n=20) | 15 | 75.0 | 5 | 25.0 | 0.9 | |
Secondary education (n=163) | 125 | 76.7 | 38 | 23.3 | ||
High education (n=138) | 103 | 74.6 | 35 | 25.4 | ||
Father occupation | ||||||
Not working (n=41) | 32 | 78.0 | 9 | 22.0 | χ2 | 0.8 |
Worker (n=21) | 18 | 85.7 | 3 | 14.3 | 2.5 | |
Farmer (n=16) | 13 | 81.3 | 3 | 18.8 | ||
Free business (n=85) | 63 | 74.1 | 22 | 25.9 | ||
Employee (n=144) | 104 | 72.2 | 40 | 27.8 | ||
Professional (n=57) | 43 | 75.4 | 14 | 24.6 | ||
Mother occupation | ||||||
Working (n=155) | 111 | 71.6 | 44 | 28.4 | χ2 | 0.2 |
Not working (n=209) | 162 | 77.5 | 47 | 22.5 | 1.7 | |
Socio-economic level of family | ||||||
Low (n=91) | 70 | 76.9 | 21 | 23.1 | χ2 | 0.4 |
Middle (n=165) | 127 | 77.0 | 38 | 23.0 | 1.8 | |
High (n=108) | 76 | 70.4 | 32 | 29.6 | ||