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Table 4 History of suicide attempts by offender group

From: Self-harm and suicidality among three subgroups of male sex offenders: results from an Australian prisoner cohort

 

Total Sample

(n = 2114)

ChildSO

(n = 77)

AdultSO

(n = 1650)

PolySO

(n = 43)

Violent

(n = 1269)

Non-sexual non-violent

(n = 552)

X2

p (Φ/ ΦC)

Attempted suicide

 0 No

79.2%

81.2%

77.7%

78.1%

76.9%

84.8%

13.653**

.008 (.09)

 1 Yes

20.8%

18.8%

22.3%

21.9%

23.1%

15.2%

  

Number of attempts M (SD)

2.80 (11.94)

1.69 (2.78)

6.39 (19.08)

.38 (.65)

2.59 (11.12)

2.79 (12.70)

wF(4134.6) = 9.331***

<.001

Wanting to die when attempting suicide

 0 No

17.4%

41.7%

3.3%

28.6%

20.0%

9.2%

14.424**

.006 (.19)

 1 Yes

82.6%

58.3%

96.7%

71.4%

80.0%

90.8%

  

Planned suicide attempt

 0 No

38.2%

66.7%

28.6%

0

37.7%

43.5%

6.468

.167 (.14)

 1 Yes

61.8%

33.3%

71.4%

100%

62.3%

56.5%

  

Method of last suicide attempt2

      

15.861

.463 (.14)

 1 Choke-inducing behaviours

39.3%

80.0%

40.0%

0

39.4%

36.0%

  

 2 Impact with object

10.7%

0

10.0%

0

11.7%

10.0%

  

 3 Overdose or poisoning

29.0%

20.0%

25.0%

100%

29.9%

26.0%

  

 4 Use of an object

8.4%

0

15.0%

0

5.1%

16.0%

  

 5 Other

12.6%

0

10%

0

13.9%

12.0%

  

Reason for stopping

      

18.331

.566 (.21)

 1 Change of heart

31.7%

0

25.0%

0

33.3%

38.9%

  

 2 Counselling

5.0%

0

0

0

7.6%

0

  

 3 Familial or partner concerns

39.6%

100%

41.7%

66.7%

37.9%

33.3%

  

 4 Physically stopped

8.9%

0

25.0%

33.3%

6.1%

5.6%

  

 5 Limited opportunity in jail

5.0%

0

8.3%

0

3.0%

11.1%

  

 6 Unspecified/ other

9.9%

0

0

0

12.1%

11.1%

  

Likely or very likely to attempt in prison

 0 No

95.4%

90.2%

93.9%

95.7%

95.8%

95.6%

3.243

.518 (.05)

 1 Yes

4.6%

9.8%

6.1%

4.3%

4.2%

4.4%

  
  1. The information in this table is based the self-reported survey data. The sample sizes ranged from ChildSOs: 31–77 and AdultSOs: 69–160.The sample size in this table reflect the number of participants who were able to be coded on each item. Some responses could not be coded because of the amount and quality of the information
  2. **p < .01, ***p < .001