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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for psychosocial covariates and psychiatric outcomes.

From: Perinatal and psychosocial circumstances associated with risk of attempted suicide, non-suicidal self-injury and psychiatric service use. A longitudinal study of young people

Social and demographic covariates

N

(%)

Sex @11

  

   Female

1076

49.9

   Male

1081

50.1

Social Class @11p [MV = 376]

  

   Manual

860

48.3

   Non-manual

921

51.7

Family structure age 15 @15 [MV = 288]

  

   2-parent

1410

75.4

   1-parent,

274

14.7

   Reconstituted/Other

185

9.9

Same sex partner by 19 @19 [MV = 1066]

  

   No

1045

95.8

   Yes

46

4.2

Gender nonconforming behaviour at age 15

(Gender Diagnosticity) @15 [MV = 289]

  

   Gender conformist (10%)

179

9.6

   Gender typical (80%)

1500

80.3

   Gender nonconformist (10%)

189

10.1

Religion @11p (MV = 19)

  

   Protestant

913

42.7

   Roman Catholic

721

33.7

   *Muslim/Islam

57

2.7

   *Other (Baptist, Jewish, etc)

125

5.8

   None/Atheist/Agnostic

322

15.1

Psychiatric outcomes

N

(%)

Suicidal thoughts past year at age 15 @15 [MV = 522]

  

   No thoughts

1513

94.3

   Thoughts

92

5.7

Attempted suicide by age 15 @15 [MV = 522]

  

   No attempt

1511

94.1

   Attempt

94

5.9

Risk: Any ideation/attempt by age 15 @15 [MV = 522]

  

   None

1460

91.0

   Attempt or ideation

145

9.0

NSSI by age 19 @19 [MV = 1066]

  

   No NSSI

1013

92.9

   NSSI

78

7.1

Psychiatric services by age 11 @11p [MV = 11]

  

   Not used

2064

96.2

   Used

82

3.8

Psychiatric services since age 11 @19 [MV = 1066]

  

   Not used

1047

96.0

   Used

44

4.0

Psychiatric services ANY @11p, @19 [MV = 1070]

  

   Not used

1017

93.6

   Used

70

6.4

Continuous covariates

M

SD

Area deprivation (depcat) @11 [MV = 299]

4.11

1.90

(Lack of) Parental Care @15 [MV = 288]

5.59

1.59

Parental Control @15 [MV = 288]

7.85

1.09

  1. Baseline N = 2157, final sample excludes adopted children i.e. only natural mother.
  2. MV = missing values; * Adjacent category collapsed for analysis.
  3. @11 = participant provided information at age 11; @15 = information provided at age 15; @19 = information provided at age 19; @11p = parental figure provided information when participants age 11.