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Table 3 Psychosocial autopsy sample

From: Sociodemographic and psychosocial risk factors of railway suicide: a mixed-methods study combining data of all suicide decedents in the Netherlands with data from a psychosocial autopsy study

 

Respondents (n = 56)

Participants (interviews)

 

 Interview with partners

10

 Interview with parents

20

 Interview with children

4

 Interview with peers, siblings

18

 Interview with other informants

(E.g., healthcare professional)

4

 

Cases (n = 39)a, b

Sex, n (%)

 

 Male

30 (77%)

 Female

9 (23%)

Age, mean (SD)

36.4 (15.7)

 Aged < 30, n (%)

16 (41%)

 Aged 30≥, n (%)

23 (59%)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 

 Native Dutch

33 (85%)

 Migration background

6 (15%)

Region of the suicide, n (%)

 

 Rural

23 (59%)

 Urban

16 (41%)

  1. a. Due to rounding off, percentages may not add up to exactly 100%
  2. b. Categories with less than five observations were merged