Table 1 Demographic, clinical and criminological characteristics of the study sample
From: Research on interpersonal violence in schizophrenia: based on different victim types
| Â | n (%) |
|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | |
 Age [Mean (SD)] | 40.16(12.04) |
Sex | |
 Male | 269(81.0%) |
 Female | 63(19.0%) |
Ethnicity | |
 Han | 322(97.0%) |
 Others | 10(3.0%) |
Education yearsa | |
  ≤ 9 | 259(79.2%) |
  > 9 | 68(20.8%) |
Living in rural areas | |
 Yes | 243(73.2%) |
 No | 89(26.8%) |
Ever been employed | |
 Yes | 254(76.5%) |
 No | 78(23.5%) |
Employment status | |
 Employed | 69(20.8%) |
 Unemployed | 263(79.2%) |
Marital status | |
 Married | 121(36.4%) |
 Othersc | 211(63.6%) |
Living situation | |
 Living with others | 263(79.2%) |
 Living alone | 69(20.8%) |
Clinical characteristics | |
 History of psychiatric treatment | |
  Yes | 245(73.8%) |
  No | 87(26.2%) |
Hospitalization | |
 Yes | 183(55.1%) |
 No | 149(44.9%) |
Illness duration(years)b | |
  < 5 | 108(32.6%) |
  ≥ 5 | 223(67.4%) |
Medication at the time of violence | |
 Yes | 69(20.8%) |
 No | 263(79.2%) |
Alcohol at the time of violence | |
 Yes | 41(12.3%) |
 No | 291(87.7%) |
Drug users | |
 Yes | 0(0.00%) |
 No | 332(100.0%) |
Family history of mental illness | |
 Yes | 29(8.7%) |
 No | 303(91.3%) |
Criminological characteristics | |
 History of criminal offense | |
  Yes | 31(9.3%) |
  No | 301(90.7%) |
Interpersonal violent types | |
 Physical assault | 217(65.4%) |
 Murder | 115(34.6%) |
The location of the crime | |
 Co-residence | 77(23.2%) |
 Residence of offender | 20(6.0%) |
 Residence of victim | 56(16.9%) |
 Public place | 173(52.1%) |
 Remote place | 6(1.8%) |
The use of tools | |
 Without tools | 54(16.3%) |
 Bring own tools | 134(40.4%) |
 Tools on-site | 144(43.4%) |
Number of attacks | |
 Single | 51(15.4%) |
 Repeated | 281(84.6%) |
The characteristics of victims | |
 Sex | |
 With female | 137(41.3%) |
 Male | 195(58.7%) |
Death | |
 Yes | 119(35.8%) |
 No | 213(64.2%) |