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Table 2 Interviewee and household features and suicide risk

From: Risk of suicide in households threatened with eviction: the role of banks and social support

 

Suicide risk

Men

n (%)

Women

n (%)

Total

n (%)

No

Yes

Total

p

No

Yes

Total

p

No

Yes

Total

p

Age

 25 to 35 years

15 (35.7%)

12 (31.6%)

27 (33.8%)

 

17 (27.4%)

11 (20.8%)

28 (24.3%)

 

32 (30.8%)

23 (25.3%)

55 (28.2%)

 

 36 to 50 years

19 (45.2%)

17 (44.7%)

36 (45.0%)

 

34 (54.8%)

29 (54.7%)

63 (54.8%)

 

53 (51.0%)

46 (50.5%)

99 (50.8%)

 

 51 to 74 years

8 (19.0%)

9 (23.7%)

17 (21.3%)

 

11 (17.7%)

13 (24.5%)

24 (20.9%)

 

19 (18.3%)

22 (24.2%)

41 (21.0%)

 

Civil status

 Married

21 (52.5%)

20 (55.6%)

41 (53.9%)

 

32 (52.5%)

24 (45.3%)

56 (49.1%)

 

53 (52.5%)

44 (49.4%)

97 (51.1%)

 

 Unmarried

11 (27.5%)

13 (36.1%)

24 (31.6%)

 

14 (23.0%)

13 (24.5%)

27 (23.7%)

 

25 (24.8%)

26 (29.2%)

51 (26.8%)

 

 Separated; divorced; widowed.

8 (20.0%)

3 (8.3%)

11 (14.5%)

 

15 (24.6%)

16 (30.2%)

31 (27.2%)

 

23 (22.8%)

19 (21.3%)

42 (22.1%)

 

Education level

 Primary

23 (54.8%)

28 (73.7%)

51 (63.8%)

 

39 (62.9%)

29 (55.8%)

68 (59.6%)

 

62 (59.6%)

57 (63.3%)

119 (61.3%)

 

 Secondary

16 (38.1%)

9 (23.7%)

25 (31.3%)

 

14 (22.6%)

18 (34.6%)

32 (28.1%)

 

30 (28.8%)

27 (30.0%)

57 (29.4%)

 

 University

3 (7.1%)

1 (2.6%)

4 (5.0%)

 

9 (14.5%)

5 (9.6%)

14 (12.3%)

 

12 (11.5%)

6 (6.7%)

18 (9.3%)

 

Employment

 Self-employed

2 (4.8%)

1 (2.8%)

3 (3.8%)

 

1 (1.7%)

3 (6.1%)

4 (3.7%)

 

3 (3.0%)

4 (4.7%)

7 (3.8%)

 

 Permanent contract

3 (7.1%)

1 (2.8%)

4 (5.1%)

 

6 (10.2%)

5 (10.2%)

11 (10.2%)

 

9 (8.9%)

6 (7.1%)

15 (8.1%)

 

 Temporary contract

0 (0.0%)

6 (16.7%)

6 (7.7%)

 

9 (15.3%)

12 (24.5%)

21 (19.4%)

 

9 (8.9%)

18 (21.2%)

27 (14.5%)

 

 Unemployed

33 (78.6%)

26 (72.2%)

59 (75.6%)

 

35 (59.3%)

24 (49.0%)

59 (54.6%)

 

68 (67.3%)

50 (58.8%)

118 (63.4%)

 

 Retired/invalidity pension

4 (9.5%)

1 (2.8%)

5 (6.4%)

 

3 (5.1%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (2.8%)

 

7 (6.9%)

1 (1.2%)

8 (4.3%)

 

 Homemaker

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.8%)

1 (1.3%)

*

5 (8.5%)

5 (10.2%)

10 (9.3%)

 

5 (5.0%)

6 (7.1%)

11 (5.9%)

†

Occupational social class

 I

3 (7.7%)

3 (7.9%)

6 (7.8%)

 

2 (3.4%)

2 (4.2%)

4 (3.8%)

 

5 (5.2%)

5 (5.8%)

10 (5.5%)

 

 II

17 (43.6%)

14 (36.8%)

31 (40.3%)

 

17 (29.3%)

9 (18.8%)

26 (24.5%)

 

34 (35.1%)

23 (26.7%)

57 (31.1%)

 

 III

7 (17.9%)

17 (44.7%)

24 (31.2%)

 

16 (27.6%)

19 (39.6%)

35 (33.0%)

 

23 (23.7%)

36 (41.9%)

59 (32.2%

 

 IV

12 (30.8%)

4 (10.5%)

16 (20.8%)

*

23 (39.7%)

18 (37.5%)

41 (38.7%)

 

35 (36.1%)

22 (25.6%)

57 (31.1%)

†

Provider

 Yes

22 (52.4%)

24 (63.2%)

46 (57.5%)

 

30 (48.4%)

25 (50.0%)

55 (49.1%)

 

52 (50.0%)

49 (55.7%)

101 (52.6%)

 

 No

20 (47.6%)

14 (36.8%)

34 (42.5%)

 

32 (51.6%)

25 (50.0%)

57 (50.9%)

 

52 (50.0%)

39 (44.3%)

91 (47.4%)

 

Household size

  < 2 members

14 (33.3%)

9 (24.3%)

23 (29.1%)

 

13 (21.0%)

19 (35.8%)

32 (27.8%)

 

27 (26.0%)

28 (31.1%)

55 (28.4%)

 

 3 to 5 members

28 (66.7%)

26 (70.3%)

54 (68.4%)

 

45 (72.6%)

30 (56.6%)

75 (65.2%)

 

73 (70.2%)

56 (62.2%)

129 (66.5%)

 

  > 5 members

0 (0.0%)

2 (5.4%)

2 (2.5%)

 

4 (6.5%)

4 (7.5%)

8 (7.0%)

 

4 (3.8%)

6 (6.7%)

10 (5.2%

 

Current monthly income (euros)

  < 500

21 (50.0%)

16 (42.1%)

37 (46.3%)

 

26 (41.9%)

22 (43.1%)

48 (42.5%)

 

47 (45.2%)

38 (42.7%)

85 (44.0%)

 

 501–1000

12 (28.6%)

14 (36.8%)

26 (32.5%)

 

26 (41.9%)

23 (45.1%)

49 (43.4%)

 

38 (36.5%)

37 (41.6%)

75 (38.9%)

 

  > 1000

9 (21.4%)

8 (21.1%)

17 (21.3%)

 

10 (16.1%)

6 (11.8%)

16 (14.2%)

 

19 (18.3%)

14 (15.7%)

33 (17.1%)

 

Perceived financial strain (monthly)

 Hard

39 (97.5%)

37 (97.4%)

71 (97.3%)

 

57 (100.0%)

48 (98.0%)

105 (99.1%)

 

96 (99.0%)

85 (97.7%)

181 (98.4%)

 

 Easy

1 (2.5%)

1 (2.6%)

2 (2.7%)

 

0 (0%)

1 (2.0%)

1 (0.9%)

 

1 (1.0%)

2 (2.3%)

3 (1.6%)

 

Children in the house

 Yes

23 (59.0%)

21 (60.0%)

44 (59.5%)

 

41 (70.7%)

26 (56.5%)

67 (64.4%)

 

64 (66.0%)

47 (58.0%)

111 (62.4%)

 

 No

16 (41.0%)

14 (40.0%)

30 (40.5%)

 

17 (29.3%)

20 (43.5%)

37 (35.6%)

 

33 (34.0%)

34 (42.0%)

67 (37.6%)

 

Disabled members in the house

 Yes

6 (14.3%)

6 (17.1%)

12 (15.6%)

 

10 (16.7%)

14 (26.9.3%)

24 (21.4%)

 

16 (15.7%)

20 (23.0%)

36 (40.4%)

 

 No

36 (85.7%)

29 (82.9%)

65 (84.4%)

 

50 (83.3%)

38 (73.1%)

88 (78.6%)

 

86 (84.3%)

67 (77.0%)

53 (59.6%)

 
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