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Table 2 Comparisons of characteristics by suicidal ideation stratified by occupation (men), Tsukuba, Japan (2017)

From: Relationship between workplace social capital and suicidal ideation in the past year among employees in Japan: a cross-sectional study

  

Overall, n = 4030

 

Researcher/academic, n = 1975

 

Clerk/administration, n = 992

 

Technician/engineer, n = 1063

 

Suicidal ideation

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

Variables

N = 236 (5.9)

N = 3794 (94.1)

N = 108 (5.5)

N = 1867 (94.5)

N = 69 (7.0)

N = 923 (93.0)

N = 59 (5.6)

N = 1004 (94.4)

Workplace Social Capital

  

<  0.001

  

0.002

  

0.005

  

<  0.001

 High

33 (4.3)

728 (95.7)

 

17 (4.4)

369 (95.6)

 

7 (4.1)

163 (95.9)

 

9 (4.4)

196 (95.6)

 

 Mid-high

41 (3.4)

1158 (96.6)

 

23 (3.9)

573 (96.1)

 

12 (4.4)

262 (95.6)

 

6 (1.8)

323 (98.2)

 

 Mid-low

53 (5.2)

971 (94.8)

 

24 (4.9)

467 (95.1)

 

20 (7.0)

264 (93.0)

 

9 (3.6)

240 (96.4)

 

 Low

109 (10.4)

937 (89.6)

 

44 (8.8)

458 (91.2)

 

30 (11.4)

234 (88.6)

 

35 (12.5)

245 (87.5)

 

Age group

  

<  0.001

  

<  0.001

  

0.001

  

0.005

 20–29

37 (10.9)

302 (89.1)

 

14 (11.5)

108 (88.5)

 

15 (12.4)

106 (87.6)

 

8 (8.3)

88 (91.7)

 

 30–39

77 (7.8)

905 (92.2)

 

43 (7.2)

551 (92.8)

 

16 (9.0)

162 (91.0)

 

18 (8.6)

192 (91.4)

 

 40–49

72 (6.3)

1078 (93.7)

 

28 (4.8)

552 (95.2)

 

23 (8.9)

234 (91.1)

 

21 (6.7)

292 (93.3)

 

 50–65

50 (3.2)

1509 (96.8)

 

23 (3.4)

656 (96.6)

 

15 (3.4)

421 (96.6)

 

12 (2.7)

432 (97.3)

 

Marital status

  

<  0.001

  

<  0.001

  

0.127

  

0.001

 Married

132 (4.4)

2883 (95.6)

 

57 (3.8)

1461 (96.2)

 

42 (6.0)

657 (94.0)

 

33 (4.1)

765 (95.9)

 

 Never married

96 (10.5)

817 (89.5)

 

47 (11.0)

379 (89.0)

 

25 (9.7)

232 (90.3)

 

24 (10.4)

206 (89.6)

 

 Divorced/widowed

8 (7.8)

94 (92.2)

 

4 (12.9)

27 (87.1)

 

2 (5.6)

34 (94.4)

 

2 (5.7)

33 (94.3)

 

Educational attainment

  

0.108

  

0.595a

  

0.104

  

0.036

 Graduate school

126 (5.1)

2330 (94.9)

 

98 (5.7)

1621 (94.3)

 

5 (3.3)

148 (96.7)

 

23 (3.9)

561 (96.1)

 

 University

61 (7.1)

796 (92.9)

 

7 (3.6)

189 (96.4)

 

36 (8.6)

381 (91.4)

 

18 (7.4)

226 (92.6)

 

 College etc.

15 (7.0)

200 (93.0)

 

2 (6.7)

28 (93.3)

 

9 (8.9)

92 (91.1)

 

4 (4.8)

80 (95.2)

 

 High school

34 (6.8)

468 (93.2)

 

1 (3.3)

29 (96.7)

 

19 (5.9)

302 (94.1)

 

14 (9.3)

137 (90.7)

 

Annual household income, JPY

  

<  0.001

  

<  0.001

  

0.203

  

0.004

 12 million or more

22 (3.5)

613 (96.5)

 

13 (3.5)

359 (96.5)

 

6 (5.4)

105 (94.6)

 

3 (2.0)

149 (98.0)

 

 8–12 million

67 (4.4)

1469 (95.6)

 

35 (4.1)

823 (95.9)

 

18 (5.8)

290 (94.2)

 

14 (3.8)

356 (96.2)

 

 4–8 million

99 (6.8)

1347 (93.2)

 

41 (6.8)

560 (93.2)

 

31 (6.9)

418 (93.1)

 

27 (6.8)

369 (93.2)

 

 4 million or less

48 (11.6)

365 (88.4)

 

19 (13.2)

125 (86.8)

 

14 (11.3)

110 (88.7)

 

15 (10.3)

130 (89.7)

 
  1. Statistical analyses were conducted with Chi-squared test
  2. Percentage were shown in parenthesis
  3. aFisher’s exact test
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