SanctionedSuicide November 2019 survey results of over 650 active members. |
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| What is your sex (assigned at birth)? (655 responses) |
| 56.3% - Male |
| 43.7% - Female |
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| Is your current gender different from the sex you were assigned at birth? (655 responses) |
| 11.1% - Yes |
| 88.9% - No |
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| Do you work / study? (657 responses) |
| 29.4% - Work |
| 21.3% - Study |
| 10.5% - Both |
| 38.8% - Neither (NEET) |
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| What region of the world are you from? (657 responses |
| 41.4% - North America |
| 40.3% - Europe |
| Unlisted % - Central or [South America?] |
| Unlisted % - Asia |
| Unlisted % - Africa |
| Unlisted % - Oceania |
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| What is your main ethnicity? (656 responses) |
| 72.6% - White / Caucasian |
| Unlisted % - Black |
| Unlisted % - Latino |
| Unlisted % - Asian |
| Unlisted % - Indian |
| Unlisted % - Middle Eastern |
| Unlisted % - Other / Not Sure |
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| What's your height? |
| 636 responses |
| Unlisted % - Greater than 6 feet 4 inches |
| 11.5% - 6 feet 1 inch to 6 feet 4 inches |
| 29.9% - 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet 0 inches |
| 33.3% - 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 8 inches |
| 22.0% - 5 feet 0 inches to 5 feet 4 inches |
| Unlisted % - Less than 5 feet 0 inches |
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| What is your highest level of education? |
| 548 responses |
| 43.8% - High school |
| 37.5% - College |
| 18.7% - Graduate school |
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| What is your main religion? |
| 632 responses |
| 77.7% - Atheist / [Agnostic?] |
| 16.9% - Christian |
| Unlisted % - Judaist |
| Unlisted % - Islamist |
| Unlisted % - Hinduist / [Buddhist?] |
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| How would you rate your childhood experience? |
| 656 responses |
| 21.3% - Positive |
| 29.9% - Neutral |
| 48.8% - Negative |
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| Do you suffer from a form of autism? |
| 648 responses |
| 16.4% - Yes |
| 83.6% - No |
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| Do you suffer from depression? |
| 651 responses |
| 88.2% - Yes |
| 11.8% - No |
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| Do you suffer from anxiety, stress or emotional distress? |
| 654 responses |
| 89.9% - Yes |
| 10.1% - No |
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| In terms of weight, you are...? |
| 655 responses |
| 57.3% - Normal |
| 26.4% - Overweight |
| 16.3% - Underweight |
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| Do you currently see a therapist or psychologist? |
| 656 responses |
| 33.5% - Yes |
| 66.5% - No |
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| Do you take medication for any mental illness? |
| 656 responses |
| 40.4% - Yes |
| 59.6% - No |
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| Does anyone close to you (disregarding any professional you might be seeing) [know you?] |
| are struggling with mental illness or feelings like these? |
| 653 responses |
| 74.1% - Yes |
| 25.9% - No |
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| Have you had someone close to you end their lives via suicide? |
| 658 responses |
| 24.6% - Yes |
| 75.4% - No |
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| Have you ever self-harmed (e.g. cutting, punching oneself, etc) |
| 655 responses |
| 62.9% - Yes |
| 37.1% - No |
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| Have you ever called a suicide hotline? |
| 657 responses |
| 32.1% - Yes |
| 67.9% - No |
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| If you have ever called a suicide hotline, what was the result? |
| 321 responses |
| 5.00% - Positive |
| 57.6% - Neutral |
| 37.4% - Negative |
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| [Around 210 users (32.1% * 657) answered yes to calling a hotline, yet 321 answered the question |
| about hotline results. I'm not sure why there's such a large difference in those numbers.] |
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| Do you believe there are cases where euthanasia should be allowed? |
| 657 responses |
| 99.2% - Yes |
| 0.80% - No |
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| Do you believe the choice of suicide can be made 100% rationally? |
| 653 responses |
| 89% - Yes |
| 11% - No |
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| Do you believe suicidal people are given proper help by our society? |
| 651 responses |
| 4.30% - Yes |
| 95.7% - No |
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| Have you ever considered suicide in a serious manner? |
| 658 responses |
| 97.1% - Yes |
| 2.90% - No |
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| What social class do you belong to? |
| 649 responses |
| 30.2% - Lower class |
| 63.9% - Middle class |
| 5.90% - Upper class |
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| Do you have friends? |
| 655 responses |
| 60% - Yes |
| 40% - No |
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| Are you addicted to any drug? (e.g. alcohol, pills, marijuana, hard drugs) |
| 654 responses |
| 18.3% - Yes |
| 81.7% - No |
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| Do you live with your parents? |
| 654 responses |
| 50.6% - Yes |
| 49.4% - No |
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| Are you happy? |
| 651 responses |
| 6.0% - Yes |
| 94% - No |
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| Have you ever had a romantic relationship? |
| 653 responses |
| 67.8% - Yes |
| 32.2% - No |
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| Are you currently in a romantic relationship? |
| 650 responses |
| 21.7% - Yes |
| 78.3% - No |
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| Do you have children? |
| 652 responses |
| 10.9% - Yes |
| 89.1% - No |
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| Are you optimistic about your future? |
| 648 responses |
| 9.70% - Yes |
| 90.3% - No |
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| Does the Sanctioned Suicide forum impact your life in a positive way? |
| 637 responses |
| 90.6% - Yes |
| 9.40% - No |
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| Which of the following do you regularly use? |
| 426 responses |
| 196 (46.0%) - Alcohol |
| 180 (42.3%) - Cigarettes |
| 227 (53.3%) - Antidepressants |
| 142 (33.3%) - Marijuana |
| 43 (10.1%) - Hard drugs |
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| Please check any of the following that significantly impact you feeling suicidal: |
| 654 responses |
| 488 (74.6%) - Mental Illness |
| 311 (47.6%) - Financial Situation |
| 306 (46.8%) - Relationship Issues |
| 301 (46.0%) - Family Issues |
| 264 (40.4%) - Living Conditions |
| 223 (34.1%) - Work Situation |
| 217 (33.2%) - Physical Problems |
| 122 (18.7%) - Loss of Loved Ones |
| 113 (17.3%) - Addiction |
| 93 (14.2%) - Sexual Abuse |
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