Table 2 Participant characteristics
From: Clinical correlates of women endorsing premenstrual suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Age, n = 295 | |
 18 to 25 | 67 (23%) |
 26 to 35 | 100 (34%) |
 36 to 45 | 72 (24%) |
 46 to 55 | 23 (8%) |
 55+ | 33 (11%) |
Setting, n = 286 | |
 Inpatient Psychiatry | 82 (29%) |
 Outpatient Psychiatry | 78 (27%) |
 Outpatient Ob-gyn | 126 (44%) |
Ethnicity, n = 275 | |
 Not Hispanic or Latino | 199 (72%) |
 Hispanic or Latino | 76 (28%) |
Race, n = 249 | |
 Caucasian | 141 (57%) |
 African-American | 54 (22%) |
 American Indian | 4 (2%) |
 Asian Indian | 20 (8%) |
 East or South Asian | 29 (12%) |
 Pacific Islander | 1 (< 1%) |
 Other | 0 (0%) |
Marital Status, n = 300 |  |
 Single | 107 (36%) |
 Married | 123 (41%) |
 Committed relationship | 36 (11%) |
 Separated | 7 (2%) |
 Widowed | 8 (3%) |
 Divorced | 19 (6%) |
Has biological children, n = 299 |  |
 Yes | 156 (52%) |
 No | 143 (48%) |
Education, n = 287 |  |
  < High School degree | 3 (1%) |
 High School | 77 (27%) |
 GED | 7 (2%) |
 2-year college (Associate’s degree) | 61 (21%) |
 4-year college (BA, BS) | 74 (26%) |
 Master’s | 49 (17%) |
 Professional (MD, JD) | 15 (5%) |
 PhD | 1 (< 1%) |
Income, n = 272 |  |
  < $15,000 - 20,999 | 57 (21%) |
 $21,000 - $50,999 | 35 (13%) |
 $51,000 - $100,999 | 63 (23%) |
 $101, 000 - > $150,000 | 117 (43%) |
Employment, n = 279 |  |
 Homemaker | 33 (12%) |
 Unemployed | 72 (26%) |
 Employed Occasionally | 9 (3%) |
 Employed Part-time | 57 (20%) |
 Employed Full-time | 108 (39%) |
Menstrual status, n = 280 |  |
 Menstruating | 159 (57%) |
 Not menstruating | 121 (40%) |
Menstrual regularity, n = 160 |  |
 Regular periods | 116 (73%) |
 Irregular periods | 44 (28%) |
Premenstrual symptoms, n = 246 |  |
 Yes | 165 (67%) |
 No | 81 (33%) |
Interference from Premenstrual symptoms, n = 157 |  |
 Yes | 101 (64%) |
 No | 56 (36%) |
Lifetime history of depression, n = 283 | |
 Yes | 147 (52%) |
 No | 136 (48%) |
Lifetime history of anxiety, n = 272 | |
 Yes | 110 (40%) |
 No | 162 (60%) |
History of suicide attempt, n = 275 | |
 Yes | 70 (26%) |
 No | 205 (75%) |
History of psychiatric hospitalization, n = 275 | |
 Yes | 107 (39%) |
 No | 168 (61%) |