Table A2.
Pearson correlation coefficients (r), and 95% confidence intervals (CI), between regional happiness and life satisfaction mean scores and suicide rates across 40 quantiles of large street block (LSB)
| Simple correlation | Partial correlation | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | −0.82 | (−0.88 to −0.73) | −0.37 | (−0.57 to −0.13) | −0.12 | (−0.42 to 0.23) | −0.53 | (−0.7 to −0.32) | −0.30 | (−0.53 to −0.01) | −0.13 | (−0.37 to 0.19) |
| Males | ||||||||||||
| Aged 15 and above | −0.78 | (−0.86 to −0.67) | −0.36 | (−0.6 to −0.03) | −0.21 | (−0.5 to 0.07) | −0.51 | (−0.67 to −0.33) | −0.38 | (−0.6 to −0.07) | −0.08 | (−0.38 to 0.27) |
| Aged 15–44 | −0.53 | (−0.69 to −0.36) | −0.16 | (−0.49 to 0.19) | −0.12 | (−0.4 to 0.2) | −0.23 | (−0.43 to −0.04) | −0.25 | (−0.48 to 0.04) | 0.08 | (−0.27 to 0.47) |
| Aged 45–64 | −0.69 | (−0.82 to −0.52) | −0.30 | (−0.51 to −0.02) | −0.12 | (−0.36 to 0.22) | −0.40 | (−0.62 to −0.12) | −0.21 | (−0.45 to 0.14) | −0.16 | (−0.41 to 0.14) |
| Aged 65+ | −0.25 | (−0.63 to 0.13) | 0.12 | (−0.29 to 0.41) | 0.27 | (−0.21 to 0.6) | 0.04 | (−0.42 to 0.42) | 0.24 | (−0.23 to 0.58) | 0.15 | (−0.27 to 0.49) |
| Females | ||||||||||||
| Aged 15 and above | −0.67 | (−0.78 to −0.58) | −0.26 | (−0.53 to 0.03) | −0.05 | (−0.39 to 0.32) | −0.34 | (−0.59 to −0.05) | −0.14 | (−0.42 to 0.12) | −0.17 | (−0.49 to 0.21) |
| Aged 15–44 | −0.46 | (−0.65 to −0.24) | −0.09 | (−0.38 to 0.21) | 0.01 | (−0.32 to 0.42) | −0.07 | (−0.33 to 0.22) | −0.06 | (−0.36 to 0.28) | 0.03 | (−0.28 to 0.31) |
| Aged 45–64 | −0.45 | (−0.76 to −0.14) | −0.03 | (−0.43 to 0.3) | 0.16 | (−0.3 to 0.49) | −0.09 | (−0.56 to 0.26) | 0.10 | (−0.37 to 0.45) | 0.00 | (−0.4 to 0.3) |
| Aged 65+ | −0.48 | (−0.65 to −0.23) | −0.51 | (−0.66 to −0.15) | −0.48 | (−0.67 to −0.08) | −0.48 | (−0.68 to 0.02) | −0.48 | (−0.64 to −0.15) | −0.48 | (−0.68 to −0.01) |
| Life satisfaction | ||||||||||||
| All sex/age groups combined | −0.81 | (−0.88 to −0.71) | −0.27 | (−0.49 to 0.01) | 0.10 | (−0.16 to 0.39) | −0.51 | (−0.68 to −0.24) | −0.14 | (−0.39 to 0.14) | −0.05 | (−0.33 to 0.25) |
| Males | ||||||||||||
| Aged 15 and above | −0.80 | (−0.88 to −0.7) | −0.22 | (−0.47 to 0.08) | 0.02 | (−0.28 to 0.32) | −0.53 | (−0.71 to −0.31) | −0.17 | (−0.43 to 0.1) | −0.03 | (−0.33 to 0.31) |
| Aged 15–44 | −0.60 | (−0.73 to −0.45) | −0.01 | (−0.28 to 0.25) | 0.08 | (−0.17 to 0.35) | −0.28 | (−0.47 to −0.04) | −0.04 | (−0.29 to 0.21) | 0.21 | (−0.05 to 0.45) |
| Aged 45–64 | −0.78 | (−0.87 to −0.65) | −0.24 | (−0.48 to 0.03) | −0.11 | (−0.36 to 0.17) | −0.52 | (−0.72 to −0.24) | −0.16 | (−0.4 to 0.08) | −0.26 | (−0.51 to 0.07) |
| Aged 65+ | −0.30 | (−0.77 to 0.19) | −0.03 | (−0.47 to 0.29) | 0.16 | (−0.39 to 0.51) | 0.02 | (−0.52 to 0.42) | 0.10 | (−0.46 to 0.51) | 0.04 | (−0.36 to 0.29) |
| Females | ||||||||||||
| Aged 15 and above | −0.69 | (−0.81 to −0.54) | −0.23 | (−0.49 to 0.12) | 0.05 | (−0.22 to 0.34) | −0.34 | (−0.59 to −0.03) | −0.09 | (−0.35 to 0.21) | −0.11 | (−0.44 to 0.27) |
| Aged 15–44 | −0.57 | (−0.75 to −0.34) | −0.04 | (−0.34 to 0.26) | 0.11 | (−0.19 to 0.39) | −0.13 | (−0.42 to 0.17) | −0.04 | (−0.33 to 0.26) | 0.15 | (−0.14 to 0.41) |
| Aged 45–64 | −0.42 | (−0.78 to −0.08) | −0.07 | (−0.51 to 0.22) | 0.11 | (−0.37 to 0.39) | −0.10 | (−0.6 to 0.21) | 0.08 | (−0.48 to 0.38) | −0.06 | (−0.45 to 0.22) |
| Aged 65+ | −0.58 | (−0.78 to −0.19) | −0.59 | (−0.78 to −0.1) | −0.58 | (−0.78 to −0.04) | −0.58 | (−0.78 to 0.04) | −0.58 | (−0.78 to −0.09) | −0.58 | (−0.77 to 0.03) |
Note. Values are shown in bold if the 95% CIs do not include the null hypothesis (i.e. r = 0).