Association between commensality with depression and suicidal ideation of Korean adults: the sixth and seventh Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013, 2015, 2017

Son, Yoon Hee; Oh, Sarah Soyeon; Jang, Sung-In; Park, Eun-Cheol; Park, So-Hee

doi:10.1186/s12937-020-00650-9

Table 2 General Characteristics of commensality and suicidal ideation

From: Association between commensality with depression and suicidal ideation of Korean adults: the sixth and seventh Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013, 2015, 2017

														N (%)
	Suicidal ideation
	Men						p-value	Women						p-value
	Total		Yes		No			Total		Yes		No
	N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)		N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)
Commensality
Eating 3 meals together	2283	39.0	73	26.9	2210	39.6	<.0001	2437	29.5	108	22.5	2329	29.9	<.0001
Eating 2 meals together	2062	35.2	66	24.4	1996	35.8		2724	32.9	117	24.4	2607	33.5
Eating 1 meals together	904	15.4	53	19.6	851	15.2		1863	22.5	128	26.7	1735	22.3
Eating no meals together	605	10.3	79	29.2	526	9.4		1247	15.1	126	26.3	1121	14.4
Household member
Alone	584	10.0	75	27.7	509	9.1	<.0001	1036	12.5	101	21.1	935	12.0	<.0001
> 1	5270	90.0	196	72.3	5074	90.9		7235	87.5	378	78.9	6857	88.0
Generation
20–29 years old	705	12.2	26	9.6	679	12.2	<.0001	828	10.0	46	9.6	782	10.0	<.0001
30–49 years old	1843	31.9	49	18.1	1794	32.1		2922	35.3	118	24.6	2804	36.0
50–64 years old	1695	29.3	87	32.1	1608	28.8		2401	29.0	145	30.3	2257	29.0
≥ 65 years old	1610	27.8	109	40.2	1502	26.9		2119	25.6	170	35.5	1949	25.0
Residential area
Metropolis	2498	42.7	114	42.1	2384	42.7	0.7140	3648	44.1	197	41.1	3451	44.3	0.0269
City	2256	38.5	101	37.3	2155	38.6		3213	38.8	179	37.4	3034	38.9
Rural area	1100	18.8	56	20.7	1044	18.7		1410	17.0	103	21.5	1307	16.8
Household Income
Low	1105	19.1	125	46.1	980	17.6	<.0001	1737	21.0	185	38.6	1552	19.9	<.0001
Medium-low	1458	25.2	67	24.7	1391	24.9		2103	25.4	133	27.8	1970	25.3
Medium-high	1577	27.3	34	12.5	1543	27.6		2177	26.3	90	18.8	2087	26.8
High	1714	29.6	45	16.6	1669	29.9		2254	27.3	71	14.8	2183	28.0
Educational Attainment
Elementary School	1009	17.2	86	31.7	923	16.5	<.0001	2321	28.4	215	44.9	2106	27.0	<.0001
Middle School	648	11.1	49	18.1	599	10.7		843	10.3	46	9.6	797	10.2
High School Diploma	2020	34.5	86	31.7	1934	34.6		2483	30.4	144	30.1	2339	30.0
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher	2177	37.2	50	18.5	2127	38.1		2624	32.1	74	15.4	2550	32.7
Occupation
White Collar	1523	26.0	30	11.1	1493	26.7	<.0001	1660	20.1	51	10.6	1609	20.6	<.0001
Sales and Services	1015	17.3	32	11.8	983	17.6		1427	17.3	84	17.5	1343	17.2
Blue Collar	1590	27.2	65	24.0	1525	27.3		1016	12.3	58	12.1	958	12.3
Unemployed	1726	29.5	144	53.1	1582	28.3		4168	50.4	286	59.7	3882	49.8
Chronic Illnesses
None	3767	64.3	128	47.2	3639	65.2	<.0001	5171	62.5	237	49.5	4934	63.3	<.0001
1	1180	20.2	78	28.8	1102	19.7		1519	18.4	112	23.4	1407	18.1
2 or more	907	15.5	65	24.0	842	15.1		1581	19.1	130	27.1	1451	18.6
Smoking
Current Smoker	2013	34.4	114	42.1	1899	34.0	0.0049	384	4.6	60	12.5	324	4.2	<.0001
Past Smoker	2518	43.0	114	42.1	2404	43.1		443	5.4	41	8.6	402	5.2
Non-Smoker	1323	22.6	43	15.9	1280	22.9		7444	91.1	378	78.9	7066	90.7
Drinking
Non-drinker	290	5.0	20	7.4	270	4.8	<.0001	1518	18.6	101	21.1	1417	18.2	<.0001
< 1 time per/month	1440	24.6	91	33.6	1349	24.2		3493	42.8	199	41.5	3294	42.3
< 4 times per/month	2045	34.9	68	25.1	1977	35.4		2439	29.9	115	24.0	2324	29.8
2–3 times per week	1373	23.5	39	14.4	1334	23.9		629	7.7	37	7.7	592	7.6
≥ 4 per week	706	12.1	53	19.6	653	11.7		192	2.4	27	5.6	165	2.1
Total	5854		271	4.6	5583	95.4		8271		479	5.8	7792	94.2

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