Association between social participation and mental health consultation in individuals with suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study

Youn, Hin Moi; Kang, Soo Hyun; Jang, Sung-In; Park, Eun-Cheol

doi:10.1186/s12888-020-02724-8

Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Association between social participation and mental health consultation in individuals with suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study

Variables	Mental health consultation
	Total		Yes		No		P
	N	%	N	%	N	%
	17,067	100.0	1860	10.9	15,207	89.1
No. of social participation^a							0.0553
0	7511	44.0	753	10.0	6758	90.0
1	5905	34.6	647	11.0	5258	89.0
2	2741	16.1	324	11.8	2417	88.2
≥ 3	910	5.3	136	14.9	774	85.1
Frequency of social contact with family							0.5935
Less than once/w	7744	45.4	869	11.2	6875	88.8
More than once/w	9323	54.6	991	10.6	8332	89.4
Frequency of social contact with friends							0.2882
Less than once/w	9710	56.9	1031	10.6	8679	89.4
More than once/w	7357	43.1	829	11.3	6528	88.7
Frequency of social contact with neighbor							0.0037
Less than once/w	7291	42.7	923	12.7	6368	87.3
More than once/w	9776	57.3	937	9.6	8839	90.4
Reasons for suicidal ideation							<.0001
Illness or disability	5236	30.7	500	9.5	4736	90.5
Financial difficulties	2928	17.2	253	8.6	2675	91.4
Loneliness	2594	15.2	312	12.0	2282	88.0
Domestic troubles	2418	14.2	332	13.7	2085	86.2
Troubles at work	961	5.6	117	12.2	844	87.8
Others	2930	17.2	346	11.8	2584	88.2
Sex							<.0001
Male	5611	32.9	496	8.8	5115	91.2
Female	11,456	67.1	1364	11.9	10,092	88.1
Age							<.0001
19–29	1138	6.7	219	19.2	919	80.8
29–39	1503	8.8	226	15.0	1277	85.0
40–49	2121	12.4	295	13.9	1826	86.1
50–59	2934	17.2	351	12.0	2583	88.0
60–69	3149	18.5	378	12.0	2771	88.0
70 ~ 79	3805	22.3	301	7.9	3504	92.1
≥ 80	2417	14.2	90	3.7	2327	96.3
Educational level							<.0001
None/Middle school graduate	9389	55.0	799	8.5	8590	91.5
High school graduate	4190	24.6	557	13.3	3633	86.7
College graduate	1165	6.8	136	11.7	1029	88.3
University graduate/higher	2323	13.6	368	15.8	1955	84.2
Occupation							<.0001
Others^b	9142	53.6	1061	11.6	8081	88.4
Low-skilled blue collar	2627	15.4	244	9.3	2383	90.7
High-skilled blue collar	1965	11.5	149	7.6	1816	92.4
Low-skilled white collar	1727	10.1	197	11.4	1530	88.6
High-skilled white collar	1606	9.4	209	13.0	1397	87.0
Marital status							0.0002
W/o spouse	7388	43.3	848	11.5	6540	88.5
With spouse	9679	56.7	1012	10.5	8667	89.5
Number of household members							0.4388
1	4208	24.7	400	9.5	3808	90.5
2	6520	38.2	706	10.8	5814	89.2
≥ 3	6339	37.1	754	11.9	5585	88.1
Region							<.0001
Rural	6018	35.3	499	8.3	5519	91.7
Urban	6718	39.4	779	11.6	5939	88.4
Metropolitan	4331	25.4	582	13.4	3749	86.6
Household Income							0.6977
Less than 1 million won/m	6821	40.0	658	9.6	6163	90.4
1–2 mil won/m	3071	18.0	340	11.1	2731	88.9
2–3 mil won/m	2509	14.7	301	12.0	2208	88.0
3–4 mil won/m	1776	10.4	198	11.1	1578	88.9
Over 4 mil won/m	2890	16.9	363	12.6	2527	87.4
Basic livelihood security recipient							<.0001
Yes	1618	9.5	271	16.7	1347	83.3
No	15,449	90.5	1589	10.3	13,860	89.7
Depressive symptoms							<.0001
Yes	6216	36.4	1191	19.2	5025	80.8
No	10,851	63.6	669	6.2	10,182	93.8
Perceived health status							<.0001
Unhealthy	8701	51.0	1012	11.6	7689	88.4
Average	5823	34.1	612	10.5	5211	89.5
Healthy	2543	14.9	236	9.3	2307	90.7
Difficulty in daily activity							0.4020
Yes	6078	35.6	605	10.0	5473	90.0
No	10,989	64.4	1255	11.4	9734	88.6
Currently Smoking							0.7938
Yes	3026	17.7	344	11.4	2682	88.6
No	14,041	82.3	1516	10.8	12,525	89.2
High risk drinking							0.0871
Yes	1814	10.6	175	9.6	1639	90.4
No	15,253	89.4	1685	11.0	13,568	89.0

^a Number of social activities a respondent is currently participated in among religion, social, leisure and volunteer activities
^b Others include housewives, students, soldiers and unemployed

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