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Table 1 Characteristics of study cohort by household migrant status

From: Are left-behind families of migrant workers at increased risk of attempted suicide? – a cohort study of 178,000+ individuals in Sri Lanka

 

Migration status of household n (%)

Non-migrant

Female-migrant

Male-migrant

Female & Male-migrant

N=

160,584 (89.9)

11,972 (6.7)

5118 (2.9)

1050 (0.6)

Household measures

 Problem’ alcohol use

42,207 (26.3)

3320 (27.7)

1057 (20.7)

283 (27.0)

 Education of head of household

  University

1886 (1.2)

23 (0.2)

32 (0.6)

0 (0)

  A-level

17,870 (11.1)

429 (3.6)

504 (9.8)

51 (4.9)

  O-Level

96,086 (59.8)

6347 (53.0)

3249 (63.5)

544 (51.8)

  Primary

39,329 (24.5)

4444 (37.1)

1177 (23.0)

408 (38.9)

  Not attended

5413 (3.4)

729 (6.1)

156 (3.0)

47 (4.5)

 Household size median (IQI)a

4 (3–5)

4 (3–5)

4 (3–5)

6 (5–7)

Individual measures

 Sex

  Female

81,305 (50.6)

6704 (56.0)

2366 (46.2)

542 (51.6)

  Male

79,279 (49.4)

5268 (44.0)

2752 (53.8)

508 (48.4)

 Age group (years)

  10–25

49,211 (30.6)

3884 (32.4)

1369 (26.7)

308 (29.3)

  26–40

50,117 (31.2)

3633 (30.3)

1873 (36.6)

381 (36.3)

  41–55

35,684 (22.2)

2728 (22.8)

1044 (20.4)

193 (18.4)

  > 55

25,572 (15.9)

1727 (14.4)

832 (16.3)

168 (16.0)

 Frequency at home

  < 30 days

3874 (2.4)

2191 (18.3)

911 (17.8)

312 (29.7)

  1–6 months

25,929 (16.1)

2326 (19.4)

955 (18.7)

217 (20.7)

  7–11 months

21,116 (13.1)

1663 (13.9)

581 (11.4)

120 (11.4)

 Always

109,665 (68.3)

5792 (48.4)

2671 (52.2)

401 (38.2)

 Attempted suicide n (per 100,000)b

1782 (324.9)

220 (691.1)

51 (363.2)

7 (304.6)

 Suicide deaths n (per 100,000)b

103 (18.7)

13 (4.0)

3 (2.1)

1 (4.3)

  1. aIQI Interquartile interval
  2. bAnnual attempted suicide and suicide deaths rate (prospective surveillance data)