Prevalence and correlates of nonsuicidal self-injury among youths in Singapore: findings from the National Youth Mental Health Study

Table 1 Sociodemographic profile of study sample (N = 2600)

		N	Wt % ^a
Age group	15–19	632	18.8
	20–24	672	21.2
	25–29	634	25.4
	30–35	662	34.6
Gender	Female	1219	50.2
Gender	Male	1381	49.8
Ethnicity	Chinese	1313	71.5
	Malay	658	16.4
	Indian	506	9.1
	Others	123	3.1
Marital status	Married/cohabiting	557	24.6
	Single	2006	74.1
	Separated/divorced/ widowed	37	1.4
Educational attainment	Primary and below	182	5.1
	Secondary school	520	16.4
	Pre-University/junior college	260	8.7
	Vocational/technical diploma	314	9.4
	Polytechnic/other diploma	681	25.5
	University and above	643	34.8
Employment status	Employed	1461	62.3
	Unemployed	166	6.4
	Economically inactive^b	973	31.3
Monthly household income (S$) ^c.	Below 5000	974	31.4
	5000 to 9999	859	33.8
	10,000 to 19,999	550	25.0
	20,000 and above	217	9.8

^aWeighted percentage; percentages were weighted to be representative of the 2022 Singapore population
^bIncludes students and homemakers
^c1 SGD is equivalent to 0.75 USD as of 21 February 2025

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