title: Socio-demographic correlates of suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong.
abstract: Several socio-demographic correlates, including age of adolescents, family economic status, parental marital status, parental occupational status and parental educational level of adolescent suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents (N = 5,557) were examined in this study. The results showed that older adolescents had a significantly higher level of suicidal ideation than did younger ones. Adolescents living in non-intact families had a significantly higher level of suicidal ideation than those in intact families. Adolescents with lower socioeconomic status (indexed by economic disadvantage, parental occupational status, and parental educational attainment) displayed higher levels of suicidal ideation than did adolescents with higher suicidal ideation. Although these socio-demographic correlates were significantly related to suicidal ideation, the practical significance was not high.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PRC. scyckwok@cityu.edu.hk
authors.forename: Sylvia Y C Lai
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: Daniel T L
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Shek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D017677:Age Distribution; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D020954:Single-Parent Family / Q000208:ethnology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires