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

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Adjusted coefficients of suicidal ideation across age groups

	Age groups
	Young adults		Middle-aged adults		The elderly
	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value
Social participation
Friendship network and hobby group	-0.02	0.79	-0.11	0.01	-0.06	0.40
Instrumental social participation	-0.10	0.06	-0.02	0.68	0.03	0.57
Religious involvement	0.12	0.40	-0.05	0.65	0.26	0.02
Sex[Male]
Female	0.81	0.02	0.45	0.10	-0.74	0.02
Marital status[Never married]
Currently married	0.21	0.74	0.94	0.03	-0.07	0.95
Other	-1.00	0.40	0.47	0.44	0.39	0.75
Household income[1st percentile]
2nd percentile	-0.53	0.22	-0.12	0.68	0.04	0.89
3rd percentile	-1.04	0.03	-0.42	0.17	-0.92	0.06
4th percentile	-0.33	0.44	-0.39	0.25	0.39	0.40
Educational attainment[Less than high school graduation]
High school graduation	-0.33	0.67	0.65	0.02	-0.17	0.63
College or more	-0.48	0.54	0.50	0.13	0.01	0.98
Employment status[Currently employed]
Currently unemployed	0.36	0.22	-0.07	0.77	-0.88	0.08
Regular physical activity[Sedentary]
Regular or some	0.18	0.53	-0.61	0.01	-0.27	0.33
Smoking status[Non-smoker]
Smoker	0.14	0.73	0.01	0.97	-0.08	0.84
Drinking status[Non-drinker]
Drinker	0.26	0.38	0.39	0.08	0.36	0.29
Leisure	0.01	0.56	0.01	0.44	-0.09	0.10
Self-esteem	-0.03	0.39	0.07	0.01	-0.02	0.62
Social support	0.15	0.08	-0.13	0.04	0.09	0.26
Stress	0.10	0.01	0.08	0.00	0.06	0.02
Depression	0.17	<.0001	0.14	<.0001	0.15	<.0001

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