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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: The association between school class composition and suicidal ideation in late adolescence: Findings from the Young-HUNT 3 study

Individual variables

N

%

(%) with suicidal ideation

Suicidal ideation

   
 

Yes

668

22.8

 
 

No

2255

77.2

 

Gender

   
 

Boys

1404

48.0

20.2

 

Girls

1519

52.0

25.3

Age

   
 

16

780

26.7

22.8

 

17

1085

37.1

24.3

 

18

879

30.1

20.7

 

19

179

6.1

23.3

Parental education

   
 

Less than college or university

1588

54.3

24.5

 

College or university

1335

45.7

20.8

School grade

   
 

First grade

914

31.3

25.5

 

Second grade

1195

40.9

25.3

 

Third grade

814

27.9

16.3

Living situation

   
 

Both parents

1749

59.8

18.6

 

One parent

643

22.0

28.7

 

Away from home

417

14.3

27.6

 

Other

114

3.9

37.7

Divorced parents

   
 

Yes

839

28.7

29.5

 

No

2084

71.3

20.2

Educational programme

   
 

Vocational programme

1366

46.7

28.0

 

General programme

1557

53.3

18.4

 

Total

2923

 

22.8

School class variables

N

%

Mean (std. dev.)

Educational programme

   
 

Vocational programme

241

63.6

 
 

General programme

138

36.4

 

Proportion of parents with higher education

  

0.40 (0.27)

Proportion of girls

  

0.52 (0.35)

School grade

   
 

First grade

133

35.1

 
 

Second grade

166

43.8

 
 

Third grade

80

21.1

 

Total

379