Table 3.
Pearson correlation coefficients (r), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), between regional happiness and life satisfaction mean scores and suicide rates across 30 quantiles of large street block (LSB)
| Partial correlation with suicide rate after controlling for each of the five area characteristics | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple correlation with suicide rate | Poverty rates | Deprivation | Chinese ethnicity | Social fragmentation | Ageing | |||||||
| r | 95% CI | r | 95% CI | r | 95% CI | r | 95% CI | r | 95% CI | r | 95% CI | |
| Happiness | ||||||||||||
| All sex/age groups combined | −0.83 | (−0.91 to −0.73) | −0.31 | (−0.58 to −0.10) | 0.09 | (−0.18 to 0.42) | −0.50 | (−0.72 to −0.16) | −0.20 | (−0.45 to 0.07) | −0.16 | (−0.48 to 0.18) |
| Males | ||||||||||||
| Aged 15 and above | −0.77 | (−0.85 to −0.65) | −0.28 | (−0.50 to 0.04) | 0.00 | (−0.25 to 0.36) | −0.45 | (−0.61 to −0.16) | −0.28 | (−0.52 to 0.03) | −0.10 | (−0.39 to 0.28) |
| Aged 15–44 | −0.52 | (−0.69 to −0.32) | −0.07 | (−0.38 to 0.25) | 0.10 | (−0.16 to 0.39) | −0.13 | (−0.36 to 0.16) | −0.13 | (−0.40 to 0.14) | 0.20 | (−0.12 to 0.55) |
| Aged 45–64 | −0.71 | (−0.89 to −0.46) | −0.27 | (−0.66 to 0.23) | 0.03 | (−0.52 to 0.53) | −0.32 | (−0.69 to 0.13) | −0.09 | (−0.60 to 0.44) | −0.22 | (−0.63 to 0.34) |
| Aged 65+ | −0.60 | (−0.78 to −0.36) | −0.25 | (−0.48 to 0.00) | −0.23 | (−0.49 to 0.10) | −0.49 | (−0.70 to −0.15) | −0.27 | (−0.55 to 0.06) | −0.27 | (−0.53 to 0.05) |
| Females | ||||||||||||
| Aged 15 and above | −0.69 | (−0.84 to −0.53) | −0.14 | (−0.49 to 0.21) | 0.15 | (−0.29 to 0.56) | −0.29 | (−0.67 to 0.16) | 0.02 | (−0.38 to 0.37) | −0.06 | (−0.52 to 0.42) |
| Aged 15–44 | −0.39 | (−0.65 to −0.12) | 0.08 | (−0.32 to 0.42) | 0.28 | (−0.08 to 0.59) | 0.14 | (−0.27 to 0.47) | 0.20 | (−0.19 to 0.53) | 0.21 | (−0.22 to 0.59) |
| Aged 45–64 | −0.69 | (−0.88 to −0.47) | −0.09 | (−0.54 to 0.34) | 0.13 | (−0.40 to 0.52) | −0.33 | (−0.67 to 0.04) | −0.01 | (−0.51 to 0.33) | −0.04 | (−0.50 to 0.34) |
| Aged 65+ | −0.21 | (−0.54 to 0.13) | −0.28 | (−0.52 to 0.01) | −0.22 | (−0.50 to 0.07) | −0.24 | (−0.60 to 0.12) | −0.22 | (−0.53 to 0.06) | −0.26 | (−0.58 to 0.08) |
| Life satisfaction | ||||||||||||
| All sex/age groups combined | −0.84 | (−0.91 to −0.75) | −0.27 | (−0.55 to 0.00) | 0.26 | (−0.10 to 0.52) | −0.49 | (−0.74 to −0.09) | −0.14 | (−0.49 to 0.22) | −0.08 | (−0.43 to 0.34) |
| Males | ||||||||||||
| Aged 15 and above | −0.83 | (−0.91 to −0.72) | −0.25 | (−0.51 to 0.06) | 0.14 | (−0.15 to 0.40) | −0.47 | (−0.72 to −0.12) | −0.21 | (−0.55 to 0.09) | −0.07 | (−0.44 to 0.40) |
| Aged 15–44 | −0.60 | (−0.77 to −0.36) | 0.04 | (−0.35 to 0.37) | 0.25 | (−0.14 to 0.58) | −0.11 | (−0.46 to 0.25) | 0.02 | (−0.39 to 0.41) | 0.28 | (−0.09 to 0.55) |
| Aged 45–64 | −0.80 | (−0.91 to −0.63) | −0.23 | (−0.60 to 0.19) | 0.07 | (−0.38 to 0.44) | −0.40 | (−0.68 to −0.05) | −0.08 | (−0.48 to 0.41) | −0.26 | (−0.59 to 0.13) |
| Aged 65+ | −0.71 | (−0.83 to −0.53) | −0.45 | (−0.66 to −0.25) | −0.40 | (−0.62 to −0.14) | −0.50 | (−0.72 to −0.20) | −0.45 | (−0.64 to −0.24) | −0.40 | (−0.67 to −0.10) |
| Females | ||||||||||||
| Aged 15 and above | −0.70 | (−0.83 to −0.55) | −0.12 | (−0.39 to 0.19) | 0.27 | (0.00 to 0.51) | −0.30 | (−0.65 to 0.11) | 0.03 | (−0.24 to 0.43) | 0.02 | (−0.34 to 0.36) |
| Aged 15–44 | −0.63 | (−0.81 to −0.41) | −0.04 | (−0.38 to 0.32) | 0.22 | (−0.12 to 0.50) | −0.14 | (−0.46 to 0.21) | 0.02 | (−0.36 to 0.41) | 0.25 | (−0.10 to 0.56) |
| Aged 45–64 | −0.65 | (−0.88 to −0.42) | −0.04 | (−0.57 to 0.35) | 0.28 | (−0.32 to 0.61) | −0.22 | (−0.71 to 0.22) | 0.13 | (−0.45 to 0.48) | −0.02 | (−0.59 to 0.39) |
| Aged 65+ | −0.18 | (−0.52 to 0.22) | −0.26 | (−0.55 to 0.11) | −0.20 | (−0.51 to 0.19) | −0.22 | (−0.56 to 0.19) | −0.20 | (−0.50 to 0.21) | −0.24 | (−0.63 to 0.19) |
Note: Values are shown in bold if the 95% CIs do not include the null hypothesis (i.e. r = 0).