Table 3 Relationship between self-harm and sociodemographic characteristics
Variables | Harm | ||
|---|---|---|---|
To Self | |||
No | Yes: n = 107 (3.45%) | P value | |
Age | 33.83, 14.05 | 32.49, 13.06 | 0.331 |
Sex | |||
Female | 1,319, 44.16% | 43, 40.19% | 0430 |
Male | 1,668, 55.84% | 64, 59.81% | |
Marital status | |||
Divorced/Separated/widowed | 323, 13.36% | 7, 7.37% | 0.222 |
Single | 988, 40.86% | 40, 42.11% | |
Married/cohabiting | 107, 45.78% | 48, 50.53% | |
Level of education | |||
None | 621, 30.74% | 19, 26.03% | 0411 |
Primary | 613, 30.35% | 19, 26.03% | |
Secondary | 474, 23.47% | 23, 31.51% | |
Tertiary | 312, 15.45% | 12, 16.44% | |
Occupation | |||
Unemployed | 394, 16.74% | 16, 18.18% | 0.630 |
Pupil/Student | 341, 14.49% | 16, 18.18% | |
Farmer | 775, 32.92% | 24, 27.27% | |
Other employment | 844, 35.85% | 32, 36.36% | |
Diagnosis | |||
Bipolar | 852, 38.41% | 12, 15.79% | < 0.001 |
Schizophrenia | 745, 33.59% | 20, 26.32% | |
Depression | 146, 6.58% | 32, 42.11% | |
Psychosis secondary to GMC* | 198, 8.93% | 1, 1.32% | |
Substance use disorder | 277, 12.49% | 11, 14.47% | |
Duration on ward | |||
One week | 1,736, 62.00% | 64, 62.75% | 0.879 |
Over one week | 1,064, 38.00% | 38, 37.25% | |
Family History of mental illness | |||
positive | 551, 18.65% | 22, 20.56% | 0.614 |
Negative | 2,403, 81.35% | 85, 79.44% | |