Gender differences in Korean adolescents who died by suicide based on teacher reports

Table 3 School life characteristics of adolescents who committed suicide by gender

	Male		Female		χ²
	N	%	N	%	χ²
Academic achievement
Above average	30	18.2	23	20.7	ns
Average	80	48.5	45	40.5
Below average	55	33.3	43	38.7
School attendance
Good	135	80.8	80	70.8	19.137***
Tardiness/leave early/absence (due to illness)	10	6.0	25	22.1
Tardiness/leave early/absence (without notice)	22	13.2	6	5.3
Friendship
Amicable	147	89.1	89	81.7	3.041^†
Discord/isolation	18	10.9	20	18.3	3.041^†
School adjustment problems
Yes	10	6.1	5	4.4	ns
No	154	93.9	108	95.6	ns
Perpetrator of school violence
Yes	6	3.7	6	5.3	ns
No	158	96.3	107	94.7	ns
School-based mental health screening test^a
Normal group	126	84.6	69	73.4	4.528*
High-risk group	23	15.4	25	26.6	4.528*
Counseling sessions in school ^b
Yes	26	20.2	23	26.1	ns
No	103	79.8	65	73.9	ns
Professional help ^c
Yes	20	15.5	25	28.4	5.301*
No	109	84.5	63	71.6	5.301*
Warning signs ^d
Yes	11	17.5	9	20.0	6.756*
No	49	77.8	27	60.0
Unknown	3	4.8	9	20.0

^†p < 0.10, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
^aStudents classified as the high-risk group requiring priority management and intervention in nationwide school-based mental health screening test
^b,cStudents who used school counseling or external resources (counseling center or mental hospital) before suicide
^dStudents who showed pre-suicide linguistic, behavioral, or emotional changes according to teachers

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