Table 1 Descriptive characteristics associated with SI among shidu parents
Characteristics | N (%) | Suicidal ideation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | χ2/t | p-value | ||
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 5.46 | 0.022 |
 male | 206(40.63) | 191(42.44) | 15(26.32) |  |  |
 female | 301(59.37) | 259(57.56) | 42(73.68) |  |  |
Age | Â | Â | Â | 2.94 | 0.23 |
  < 60 | 194(39.19) | 168(37.33) | 26(45.61) |  |  |
 60~70 | 269(51.92) | 240(53.3) | 29(50.88) |  |  |
  ≥ 70 | 44(8.89) | 42(9.33) | 2(3.51) |  |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | 7.22 | 0.009 |
 Couple | 322(63.51) | 295(65.56) | 27(47.37) |  |  |
 Single | 185(36.49) | 155(34.44) | 30(52.63) |  |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | 0.05 | 0.976 |
 Middle school or under | 336(66.27) | 298(66.22) | 38(66.67) |  |  |
 Senior high school | 141(27.81) | 125(27.78) | 16(28.07) |  |  |
 Undergraduate or above | 30(5.92) | 27(6.00) | 3(5.26) |  |  |
Chronic disease | Â | Â | Â | 8.67 | 0.004 |
 No | 226(44.58) | 211(46.89) | 15(26.32) |  |  |
 Yes | 281(55.42) | 239(53.11) | 42(73.68) |  |  |
Annual household income |  |  |  | 33.67 | < 0.001 |
  > 30,000 | 236(46.55) | 220(48.89) | 16(28.07) |  |  |
 10,000–30,000 | 232(45.76) | 206(45.78) | 26(45.61) |  |  |
  < 10,000 | 39(7.69) | 24(5.33) | 15(26.32) |  |  |
Marital satisfaction | Â | Â | Â | 14.04 | 0.001 |
 Satisfactory | 413(81.46) | 378(85.14) | 35(64.81) |  |  |
 Unsatisfactory | 85(16.76) | 66(14.86) | 19(35.19) |  |  |
 Missing | 9(1.78) |  |  |  |  |
Gender of lost child | Â | Â | Â | 0.09 | 0.770 |
 Male | 329(64.89) | 293(65.11) | 36(63.16) |  |  |
 Female | 178(35.11) | 157(34.89) | 21(36.84) |  |  |
Time since the child’s death |  |  |  | 3.62 | 0.164 |
  < 5 | 203(40.04) | 176(39.64) | 27(47.37) |  |  |
 6–15 | 180(35.50) | 166(37.39) | 14(24.56) |  |  |
  > 15 | 118(23.27) | 102(22.97) | 16(28.07) |  |  |
 Missing | 6(1.18) |  |  |  |  |
Age of the child at death | Â | Â | Â | 0.60 | 0.441 |
  < 16 | 79(15.58) | 68(15.32) | 11(19.30) |  |  |
  ≥ 16 | 422(83.24) | 376(84.68) | 46(80.70) |  |  |
 Missing | 6(1.18) |  |  |  |  |
Reason of the child’s death |  |  |  | 1.58 | 0.455 |
 Accident | 134(26.43) | 116(25.95) | 18(32.14) |  |  |
 Chronic or acute diseases | 349(68.84) | 312(69.80) | 37(66.07) |  |  |
 Mental illness or suicide | 20(3.94) | 19(4.25) | 1(1.79) |  |  |
 Missing | 4(0.79) |  |  |  |  |
PTSD |  |  |  | 61.93 | < 0.001 |
 No | 383(75.54) | 364(80.89) | 19(33.33) |  |  |
 Yes | 124(24.46) | 86(19.11) | 38(66.67) |  |  |
Stigma |  |  |  | 59.05 | < 0.001 |
 No | 362(71.40) | 346(76.89) | 16(28.07) |  |  |
 Yes | 145(28.60) | 104(23.11) | 41(71.93) |  |  |
Social support a | 507 | 24.55(7.32) | 16.84(6.70) | 7.56 | < 0.001 |