Variables | High-risk attempters (N = 36) | Moderate-risk attempters (N = 126) | Low-risk attempters (N = 30) | Statistics | ||
F | p | Post-hoc | ||||
Age | 44.73 (15.31) | 43.21 (15.77) | 36.95 (13.73) | 2.47 | .087 | Â |
Education (years) | 10.79 (3.96) | 11.55 (4.10) | 13.01 (3.00) | 2.72 | .068 | Â |
Age of first suicide attempt | 32.92 (14.01) | 27.45 (13.78) | 26.16 (12.69) | 2.59 | .078 | Â |
No. of attempts | 3.79 (5.25) | 2.06 (1.90) | 1.64 (1.04) | 6.52 | .002 | High>Moderate>Low |
 | % | % | % | X2 | p | Post-hoc |
Gender, female | 75.0 | 57.9 | 67.7 | 3.89 | .143 | Â |
Divorced/separated/widowed | 19.4 | 25.4 | 20.0 | 0.79 | .675 | Â |
Family income, ≤1000$ | 62.7 | 57.9 | 52.9 | 0.87 | .647 |  |
Employment, employed | 28.6 | 50.8 | 43.3 | 5.52 | .063 | Â |
% of single attempt | 36.1 | 56.0 | 63.3 | 5.85 | .053 | Â |
% of family history of suicide attempt | 20.0 | 15.4 | 13.3 | 0.60 | .739 | Â |
% of family history of suicide | 11.1 | 13.7 | 3.4 | 2.42 | .298 | Â |
Precipitants | ||||||
 Aggravation of depression/anxiety | 36.1 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 1.66 | .435 |  |
 Conflict with family/friends/peers | 52.8 | 47.6 | 51.6 | 0.38 | .826 |  |
 Economic problems | 14.3 | 24.6 | 10.0 | 4.17 | .124 |  |
 Medical illness | 8.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.93 | .381 |  |
 Other (i.e., abuse, violence, legal problem, celebrity suicide) | 13.9 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 0.60 | .741 |  |