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Table 2 Prevalence of suicide risk outcomes by the type of sexual intercourse experience: KYRBS

From: Type of sexual intercourse experience and suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts among youths: a cross-sectional study in South Korea

Merged 2012 ~ 2013

n = 146,621

Suicide risk outcomes, Responses ‘Yes’ = No. (%)‡

Females, n = 71,745

Males, n = 74,876

Characteristics

Suicide ideation

Suicide plan

Suicide attempt

Suicide ideation

Suicide plan

Suicide attempt

Yes = No. (%)‡

15,603 (21.7)

5,240 (7.2)

3,912 (5.5)

10,102 (13.6)

3,637 (4.8)

2,127 (2.8)

Sexual intercourse

 No contact

14,726 (21.0)

4,787 (6.8)

3,494 (5.0)

8,838 (12.7)

3,003 (4.3)

1,678 (2.4)

 Opposite sex

694 (42.2)

308 (18.7)

297 (18.0)

973 (23.8)

446 (10.9)

306 (7.4)

 Same sex

92 (45.9)

74 (34.3)

57 (28.4)

147 (33.7)

93 (22.0)

73 (17.0)

 Both sexes

91 (49.4)

71 (41.2)

64 (34.1)

144 (34.2)

95 (21.6)

70 (16.8)

Socioeconomic factors

School type

      

 Single sex

5,052 (20.3)

1,550 (6.2)

1,084 (4.4)

3,219† (13.2)

1,063 (4.3)

587 (2.4)

 Coeducation

10,551 (22.4)

3,690 (7.8)

2,828 (6.1)

6,883† (13.8)

2,574 (5.1)

1,540 (3.0)

Grade

Age

 7

 

2,615 (22.4)

1,049 (9.0)

823 (7.3)

1,553 (12.6)

611 (5.0)

328 (2.6)

 8

 

2,852 (24.2)

1,128 (9.5)

849 (7.4)

1,710 (13.7)

704 (5.5)

427 (3.4)

 9

 ≤ 12 years

2,698 (22.3)

975 (8.1)

714 (6.0)

1,804 (14.4)

679 (5.5)

408 (3.2)

 10

 

2,502 (21.1)

719 (6.1)

576 (4.8)

1,742 (13.3)

600 (4.5)

386 (2.9)

 11

 

2,685 (21.4)

802 (6.4)

553 (4.3)

1,689 (14.1)

545 (4.5)

295 (2.5)

 12

 ≤ 17 years

2,251 (18.7)

567 (4.6)

397 (3.3)

1,604 (13.3)

498 (4.1)

283 (2.3)

Achivement

 High

1,235 (17.9)

391 (5.8)

258 (4.0)

1,109 (12.9)

441 (5.0)

265 (3.0)

 Mid-high

3,239 (18.7)

1,058 (6.2)

693 (4.1)

2,038 (11.8)

712 (4.0)

404 (2.3)

 Middle

3,760 (18.6)

1,155 (5.6)

831 (4.1)

2,439 (12.3)

821 (4.1)

438 (2.2)

 Mid-low

4,586 (24.4)

1,544 (8.2)

1,208 (6.4)

2,655 (14.8)

924 (5.1)

500 (2.6)

 Low

2,783 (32.0)

1,092 (12.4)

922 (10.5)

1,861 (18.2)

739 (7.3)

520 (5.1)

Economic

 High

734 (21.3)

310 (9.3)

226 (7.0)

945 (14.5)

467 (7.3)

308 (4.7)

 Mid-high

3,069 (19.0)

1,033 (6.3)

759 (4.7)

2,223 (12.0)

771 (4.2)

425 (2.2)

 Middle

6,937 (19.2)

2,227 (6.1)

1,648 (4.6)

3,894 (11.7)

1,329 (3.9)

737 (2.2)

 Mid-low

3,533 (27.5)

1,115 (8.6)

841 (6.5)

2,053 (17.0)

619 (5.0)

368 (2.9)

 Low

1,330 (40.3)

555 (17.3)

438 (13.6)

987 (25.9)

451 (11.8)

289 (7.5)

Family structure

 Both parents

11,771 (20.1)

3,751 (6.4)

2,764 (4.8)

7,788 (12.9)

2,733 (4.5)

1,535 (2.5)

 Mother only

2,020 (26.7)

738 (9.9)

543 (7.3)

1,031 (15.1)

362 (5.2)

225 (3.2)

 Father only

1,051 (29.4)

401 (11.0)

325 (9.1)

739 (16.8)

278 (6.2)

167 (3.6)

 Neither parent

761 (35.6)

350 (17.0)

280 (13.9)

544 (22.0)

264 (11.1)

200 (8.4)

Health risk behaviors

Smoking

 No

13,750 (20.2)

4,366 (6.4)

3,114 (4.6)

7,509 (12.0)

2,579 (4.1)

1,370 (2.2)

 Yes

1,853 (47.9)

874 (23.1)

798 (20.9)

2,593 (22.4)

1,058 (9.1)

757 (6.4)

Drinking

 No

14,329 (20.7)

4,598 (6.6)

3,347 (4.9)

8,798 (12.6)

3,053 (4.3)

1,701 (2.4)

 Yes

1,274 (49.3)

642 (25.2)

565 (21.8)

1,304 (29.0)

584 (13.2)

426 (9.7)

Obesitya

 No

14,162 (21.1)

4,684 (6.9)

3,520 (5.3)

9,408 (13.3)

3,357 (4.7)

1,958 (2.7)

 Yes

1,441 (30.1)

556 (11.5)

392 (8.3)

694 (18.8)

280 (7.5)

169 (4.4)

Health statusb

 Good

13,162 (19.9)

4,246 (6.4)

3,178 (4.9)

8,902 (12.6)

3,137 (4.4)

1,816 (2.5)

 Poor

2,441 (40.7)

994 (16.9)

734 (12.5)

1,200 (30.9)

500 (13.1)

311 (7.9)

STD diagnosisc

 No

15,476 (21.5)

5,147 (7.1)

3,824 (5.4)

9,935 (13.4)

3,511 (4.7)

2,032 (2.7)

 Yes

127 (61.2)

93 (44.4)

88 (42.8)

167 (44.6)

126 (34.5)

95 (24.7)

Violenced

 No

14,765 (20.9)

4,748 (6.7)

3,481 (5.0)

8,877 (12.5)

2,897 (4.0)

1,593 (2.2)

 Yes

838 (55.3)

492 (32.8)

431 (28.7)

1,225 (35.1)

740 (21.6)

534 (15.6)

  1. Notes: All the variables presented P ≤ 0.001, using a chi-square test, except †P > 0.05
  2. ‡Unweighted sample size and weighted percentage
  3. Outcome variable (suicide risk outcomes) = binary variable Yes or No
  4. aPerceived very obesity
  5. bResponses for subjective perception of health status
  6. cDiagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including HIV Infection from sexual intercourse
  7. dVictim of violence (being physically assaulted, threatened, or bullied)