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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of sample groups - Unweighted frequency and weighted proportion

From: Differentiated effects of social participation components on suicidal ideation across age groups in South Korea

 

Age groups

 

Young adults

Middle-aged adults

The elderly

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Sex

      

 Male

894

47.26

1137

44.88

589

41.68

 Female

997

52.74

1393

55.12

826

58.32

Marital status

      

 Never married

932

50.28

122

4.33

12

0.64

 Currently married

931

48.27

2137

86.23

889

64.16

 Other

28

1.45

271

9.44

514

35.20

Household income

      

 1st percentile

216

11.62

468

17.46

773

52.11

 2nd percentile

474

24.93

613

24.38

334

24.26

 3rd percentile

611

31.25

700

28.30

201

14.93

 4th percentile

590

32.20

749

29.86

107

8.70

Educational attainment

      

 Less than high school graduation

29

2.18

567

23.46

915

6.33

 High school graduation

398

20.74

986

38.04

292

20.98

 College or more

1464

77.08

977

38.49

208

14.69

Employment status

      

 Currently employed

1006

52.89

1415

55.48

195

14.21

 Currently unemployed

885

47.11

1115

44.52

1220

85.79

Regular physical activity

      

 Sedentary

1231

64.44

1373

53.80

806

56.39

 Regular or some

660

35.56

1157

46.20

609

43.61

Smoking status

      

 Non-smoker

1494

78.73

1999

79.20

1272

90.21

 Current smoker

397

21.27

531

20.80

143

9.79

Drinking status

      

 Non-drinker

781

41.86

1326

52.10

1103

78.18

 Drinker

1110

58.14

1204

47.90

312

21.82

Leisure(M/SD)

21.69

7.03

18.06

6.47

14.02

3.93

Self-esteem(M/SD)

33.32

4.72

33.10

4.64

30.99

4.48

Social support(M/SD)

19.16

1.56

18.98

1.60

18.67

1.61

Social participation

      

 Friendship network and hobby group(M/SD)

8.16

3.05

8.67

3.48

6.94

3.33

 Instrumental social participation(M/SD)

9.36

3.94

9.59

4.16

7.69

2.98

 Religious involvement(M/SD)

1.92

1.10

2.06

1.17

1.91

1.23

Stress(M/SD)

25.04

4.06

24.91

4.13

24.49

4.26

Depression(M/SD)

37.51

7.91

39.21

8.21

44.33

8.03

Suicidal ideation

      

 Never

1820

96.34

2406

94.9

1316

93.12

 At least once in last 1 year

71

3.66

124

5.10

99

6.88

Unweighted N

1891

 

2530

 

1415

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