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Table 3 Comparisons of characteristics by suicidal ideation stratified by occupation (women), 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 = 2295

 

Researcher/academic, n = 704

 

Clerk/administration, n = 1244

 

Technician/engineer, n = 347

 

Suicidal ideation

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

Variables

 

N = 178 (7.8%)

N = 2117 (92.2)

N = 46 (6.5)

N = 658 (93.5)

N = 106 (8.5)

N = 1138 (91.5)

N = 26 (7.5)

N = 321 (92.5)

Workplace Social Capital

  

<  0.001

  

0.003

  

0.023

  

0.053

 High

36 (7.4)

450 (92.6)

 

13 (7.6)

158 (92.4)

 

16 (6.9)

217 (93.1)

 

7 (8.5)

75 (91.5)

 

 Mid-high

34 (5.9)

545 (94.1)

 

10 (5.1)

187 (94.9)

 

19 (6.4)

276 (93.6)

 

5 (5.7)

82 (94.3)

 

 Mid-low

35 (5.5)

601 (94.5)

 

3 (1.9)

159 (98.1)

 

30 (7.7)

359 (92.3)

 

2 (2.4)

83 (97.6)

 

 Low

73 (12.3)

521 (87.7)

 

20 (11.5)

154 (88.5)

 

41 (12.5)

286 (87.5)

 

12 (12.9)

81 (87.1)

 

Age group

  

<  0.001

  

0.421

  

<  0.001

  

0.001

 20–29

32 (13.1)

213 (86.9)

 

6 (10.3)

52 (89.7)

 

24 (15.6)

130 (84.4)

 

2 (6.1)

31 (93.9)

 

 30–39

73 (11.3)

573 (88.7)

 

18 (7.2)

232 (92.8)

 

40 (13.2)

264 (86.8)

 

15 (16.3)

77 (83.7)

 

 40–49

51 (6.2)

767 (93.8)

 

12 (4.8)

238 (95.2)

 

31 (6.9)

416 (93.1)

 

8 (6.6)

113 (93.4)

 

 50–65

22 (3.8)

564 (96.2)

 

10 (6.8)

136 (93.2)

 

11 (3.2)

328 (96.8)

 

1 (1.0)

100 (99.0)

 

Marital status

  

<  0.001

  

0.693

  

<  0.001

  

0.141

 Married

83 (5.6)

1409 (94.4)

 

28 (6.0)

439 (94.0)

 

42 (5.3)

749 (94.7)

 

13 (5.6)

221 (94.4)

 

 Never married

78 (11.7)

588 (88.3)

 

16 (7.8)

190 (92.2)

 

51 (13.9)

315 (86.1)

 

11 (11.7)

83 (88.3)

 

 Divorced/widowed

17 (12.4)

120 (87.6)

 

2 (6.5)

29 (93.5)

 

13 (14.9)

74 (85.1)

 

2 (10.5)

17 (89.5)

 

Educational attainment

  

0.174

  

0.734

  

0.006

  

0.802a

 Graduate school

50 (8.1)

571 (91.9)

 

29 (7.1)

377 (92.9)

 

10 (11.6)

76 (88.4)

 

11 (8.5)

118 (91.5)

 

 University

77 (9.1)

773 (90.9)

 

8 (4.7)

163 (95.3)

 

61 (11.2)

483 (88.8)

 

8 (5.9)

127 (94.1)

 

 College etc.

32 (6.3)

472 (93.7)

 

6 (7.0)

80 (93.0)

 

21 (5.8)

344 (94.2)

 

5 (9.4)

48 (90.6)

 

 High school

19 (5.9)

301 (94.1)

 

3 (7.3)

38 (92.7)

 

14 (5.6)

235 (94.4)

 

2 (6.7)

28 (93.3)

 

Annual household income, JPY

  

0.019

  

0.346

  

0.043

  

0.793

 12 million or more

18 (5.1)

338 (94.9)

 

7 (4.1)

162 (95.9)

 

6 (4.5)

128 (95.5)

 

5 (9.4)

48 (90.6)

 

 8–12 million

37 (6.1)

568 (93.9)

 

12 (6.3)

177 (93.7)

 

20 (6.2)

304 (93.8)

 

5 (5.4)

87 (94.6)

 

 4–8 million

71 (9.1)

711 (90.9)

 

19 (8.7)

199 (91.3)

 

43 (9.7)

399 (90.3)

 

9 (7.4)

113 (92.6)

 

 4 million or less

52 (9.4)

500 (90.6)

 

8 (6.3)

120 (93.8)

 

37 (10.8)

307 (89.2)

 

7 (8.8)

73 (91.3)

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