Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and mental health conditions with depression and suicidal ideation (N = 29,977)
Variables | Full sample N (%) | Depression | p | Suicidal ideation | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<10 | ≥ 10 | No | Yes | ||||
Gender | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
Male | 15,914 (53.1) | 13,309 (55.7) | 2605 (42.9) | 12,840 (56.5) | 3074 (42.5) | ||
Female | 14,063 (46.9) | 10,601 (44.3) | 3462 (57.1) | 9896 (43.5) | 4167 (57.5) | ||
Grade | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
5–6 | 6969 (23.2) | 6082 (25.4) | 887 (14.6) | 5473 (24.1) | 1496 (20.7) | ||
7–9 | 12,760 (42.6) | 10,051 (42.0) | 2709 (44.7) | 9413 (41.4) | 3347 (46.2) | ||
10–12 | 10,248 (34.2) | 7777 (32.5) | 2471 (40.7) | 7850 (34.5) | 2398 (33.1) | ||
Family economic status(quintiles) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
1 | 670 (2.4) | 435 (1.9) | 235 (4.1) | 435 (2.0) | 235 (3.5) | ||
2 | 3366 (12.0) | 2357 (10.6) | 1009 (17.7) | 2296 (10.8) | 1070 (15.8) | ||
3 | 17,696 (63.2) | 14,367 (64.4) | 3329 (58.5) | 13,668 (64.3) | 4028 (59.7) | ||
4 | 5491 (19.6) | 4502 (20.2) | 989 (17.4) | 4240 (19.9) | 1251 (18.5) | ||
5 | 790 (2.8) | 661 (3.0) | 129 (2.3) | 622 (2.9) | 168 (2.5) | ||
Paternal education level | < 0.001 | 0.009 | |||||
Primary school or below | 4457 (15.3) | 3455 (14.8) | 1002 (17.1) | 3310 (14.9) | 1147 (16.3) | ||
Middle school | 17,859 (61.2) | 14,343 (61.6) | 3516 (59.9) | 13,649 (61.6) | 4210 (59.9) | ||
High school or above | 6857 (23.5) | 5505 (23.6) | 1352 (23.0) | 5190 (23.4) | 1667 (23.7) | ||
Maternal education level | < 0.001 | 0.027 | |||||
Primary school or below | 6425 (22.3) | 5010 (21.8) | 1415 (24.5) | 4829 (22.0) | 1596 (23.1) | ||
Middle school | 16,283 (56.5) | 13,121 (57.0) | 3162 (54.8) | 12,480 (57.0) | 3803 (55.1) | ||
High school or above | 6092 (21.2) | 4894 (21.3) | 1198 (20.7) | 4595 (21.0) | 1497 (21.7) | ||
Parental marital status | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
Married | 25,302 (84.4) | 20,515 (85.8) | 4787 (78.9) | 19,561 (86.0) | 5741 (79.3) | ||
Divorced, remarried, One or both of them died | 4675 (15.6) | 3395 (14.3) | 1280 (21.1) | 3175 (14.0) | 1500 (20.7) | ||
Left-behind experience | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
No | 10,445 (34.8) | 8564 (35.8) | 1881 (31.0) | 8114 (35.7) | 2331 (32.2) | ||
Yes | 19,532 (65.2) | 15,346 (64.2) | 4186 (69.0) | 14,622 (64.3) | 4910 (67.8) | ||
Bullying victimization | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
No | 27,208 (91.8) | 22,257 (94.2) | 4951 (82.3) | 21,243 (94.5) | 5965 (83.1) | ||
Yes | 2441 (8.2) | 1376 (5.8) | 1065 (17.7) | 1227 (5.5) | 1214 (16.9) | ||
Self-harm behavior | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
No | 24,877 (83.0) | 21,627 (90.5) | 3250 (53.6) | 21,152 (93.0) | 3725 (51.4) | ||
Yes | 5100 (17.0) | 2283 (9.5) | 2817 (46.4) | 1584 (7.0) | 3516 (48.6) | ||
Syndemic condition | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
No syndemic condition | 7314 (24.7) | 6561 (27.8) | 753 (12.5) | 6393 (28.5) | 921 (12.8) | ||
One syndemic condition | 14,990 (50.6) | 12,642 (53.5) | 2348 (39.0) | 12,257 (54.5) | 2733 (38.1) | ||
Two syndemic conditions | 5761 (19.4) | 3806 (16.1) | 1955 (32.5) | 3359 (14.9) | 2402 (33.5) | ||
Three syndemic conditions | 1414 (4.8) | 581 (2.5) | 833 (13.8) | 431 (1.9) | 983 (13.7) | ||
Four syndemic conditions | 170 (0.6) | 43 (0.2) | 127 (2.1) | 30 (0.1) | 140 (2.0) | ||