“…Previous research has documented that some demographic variables are risk factors for attempted suicide, including age, [8][9][10] sex (reviewed by Moscicki 11 ), marital status, 12,13 education, 8,13,14 race, 13,15,16 and childbearing. 17 In addition, several studies of adults 14,18,19 and youth 9,[20][21][22][23] have examined the parallel effects of demographic variables on both ideation and attempts. However, no previous study has disaggregated these effects into influences on ideation, the transition from ideation to a plan, and the transition from ideation to an attempt either in the presence or absence of a plan.…”