| Low suicidality ( n = 422) | High suicidality ( n = 125) | Comparison of low and high suicidality groups | ||||
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 | n | % | n | % | χ 2 | df | pvalue |
Country | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 China | 89 | 78.1 | 25 | 21.9 | 45.62 | 5 | <0.001* |
 South Korea | 58 | 57.4 | 43 | 42.6 |  |  |  |
 Malaysia | 82 | 91.1 | 8 | 8.9 |  |  |  |
 Singapore | 33 | 82.5 | 7 | 17.5 |  |  |  |
 Thailand | 92 | 89.3 | 11 | 10.7 |  |  |  |
 Taiwan | 68 | 68.7 | 31 | 31.3 |  |  |  |
Age group | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 18–29 years | 128 | 78.5 | 35 | 21.5 | 4.40 | 4 | 0.355* |
 30–39 years | 86 | 71.7 | 34 | 28.3 |  |  |  |
 40–49 years | 76 | 74.5 | 26 | 25.5 |  |  |  |
 50–59 years | 103 | 81.1 | 24 | 18.9 |  |  |  |
 60–65 years | 29 | 82.9 | 6 | 17.1 |  |  |  |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 160 | 82.1 | 35 | 17.9 | 4.13 | 1 | 0.044* |
 Female | 262 | 74.4 | 90 | 25.6 |  |  |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Married or co-habiting | 254 | 73.8 | 64 | 26.3 | 2.90 | 2 | 0.235 |
 Widowed or divorced | 50 | 79.9 | 18 | 20.1 |  |  |  |
 Never married | 118 | 73.5 | 42 | 26.5 |  |  |  |
Work status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Employed | 216 | 84.0 | 41 | 16.0 | 13.42 | 2 | 0.001* |
 Homemaker or student | 132 | 72.1 | 51 | 27.9 |  |  |  |
 Unemployed | 74 | 69.2 | 33 | 30.8 |  |  |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 None or primary | 67 | 83.8 | 13 | 16.3 | 3.30 | 2 | 0.192 |
 Secondary or vocational | 236 | 74.7 | 80 | 25.3 |  |  |  |
 College | 119 | 78.8 | 32 | 21.2 |  |  |  |
Past hospitalization | Â | Â | Â | Â | 13.76 | 1 | .001** |
 None | 394 | 93.8 | 104 | 83.2 |  |  |  |
 Presence | 26 | 6.2 | 21 | 16.8 |  |  |  |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No religion | 159 | 73.3 | 58 | 26.7 | 12.57 | 5 | 0.028* |
 Buddhist | 152 | v | 39 | 20.4 |  |  |  |
 Christian | 50 | 69.4 | 22 | 30.6 |  |  |  |
 Hindu | 20 | 95.2 | 1 | 4.8 |  |  |  |
 Muslim | 34 | 89.5 | 4 | 10.5 |  |  |  |
 Other | 7 | 87.5 | 1 | 12.5 |  |  |  |
 | Mean (SD) |  | Mean (SD) |  | t | df | p value |
Age (years) | 39.9 (13.4) | Â | 38.7 (12.6) | Â | 0.89 | 545 | 0.376 |
Age at first onset (years) | 36.9 (13.4) | Â | 34.8 (12.8) | Â | 1.56 | 544 | 0.119 |
Length of illness (weeks) | 76.1 (159.3) | Â | 90.2 (174.8) | Â | 0.45 | 545 | 0.398 |