TABLE 2.
Associations between sociodemographic, economic, psychological, and psychiatric variables and suicide/self‐harm ideation only
| Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | |||||
| Sex (Male) | 1.92 | 1.33 | 2.77 | 2.012 | 1.367 | 2.961 | 2.074 | 1.382 | 3.113 | 2.055 | 1.364 | 3.098 |
| Age 18–24 | 2.29 | 0.94 | 5.57 | 1.327 | 0.452 | 3.897 | 0.754 | 0.241 | 2.364 | 0.700 | 0.221 | 2.216 |
| 25–34 | 3.48 | 1.60 | 7.59 | 2.414 | 0.901 | 6.472 | 1.475 | 0.522 | 4.167 | 1.417 | 0.500 | 4.016 |
| 35–44 | 1.97 | 0.901 | 4.28 | 1.367 | 0.513 | 3.643 | 0.834 | 0.299 | 2.324 | 0.778 | 0.278 | 2.173 |
| 45–54 | 2.70 | 1.26 | 5.80 | 1.834 | 0.704 | 4.779 | 1.372 | 0.512 | 3.675 | 1.307 | 0.488 | 3.502 |
| 55–64 | 2.48 | 1.17 | 5.28 | 1.892 | 0.790 | 4.530 | 1.517 | 0.619 | 3.721 | 1.507 | 0.615 | 3.694 |
| Nationality (Non‐Irish) | 0.83 | 0.39 | 1.73 | 0.811 | 0.384 | 1.714 | 0.828 | 0.384 | 1.786 | 0.822 | 0.381 | 1.776 |
| Grow up in Ireland (No) | 1.55 | 0.76 | 3.16 | 1.543 | 0.753 | 3.164 | 1.345 | 0.635 | 2.846 | 1.328 | 0.626 | 2.816 |
| Ethnicity (Minority) | 0.94 | 0.44 | 1.99 | 1.017 | 0.472 | 2.191 | 1.175 | 0.536 | 2.579 | 1.223 | 0.554 | 2.701 |
| Residence in a city (Yes) | 0.89 | 0.56 | 1.41 | 0.924 | 0.578 | 1.478 | 0.997 | 0.613 | 1.620 | 1.011 | 0.620 | 1.648 |
| Education (No university) | 1.07 | 0.71 | 1.61 | 0.977 | 0.635 | 1.503 | 1.045 | 0.670 | 1.631 | 1.040 | 0.665 | 1.628 |
| Relationship (Not in a relationship) | 1.41 | 0.91 | 2.18 | 1.377 | 0.872 | 2.175 | 1.118 | .690 | 1.809 | 1.113 | 0.685 | 1.806 |
| Living alone (Yes) | .83 | 0.45 | 1.54 | 0.839 | 0.448 | 1.571 | 0.811 | .424 | 1.551 | 0.779 | 0.405 | 1.498 |
| Part‐time employed | 1.105 | 0.631 | 1.938 | 1.080 | .608 | 1.917 | 1.074 | 0.603 | 1.914 | |||
| Unemployed | 1.844 | 1.126 | 3.019 | 1.832 | 1.105 | 3.038 | 1.804 | 1.083 | 3.006 | |||
| Retired | 0.700 | 0.309 | 1.588 | 0.641 | 0.276 | 1.485 | 0.635 | 0.275 | 1.467 | |||
| Income < €20,000 | 0.822 | 0.457 | 1.481 | 0.793 | 0.433 | 1.452 | 0.782 | 0.426 | 1.434 | |||
| €20,000–€29,999 | 0.938 | 0.548 | 1.605 | 0.952 | 0.549 | 1.651 | 0.936 | 0.539 | 1.626 | |||
| €30,000–€39,999 | 0.779 | 0.446 | 1.362 | 0.828 | 0.467 | 1.468 | 0.816 | 0.459 | 1.450 | |||
| €40,000–€49,999 | 0.527 | 0.268 | 1.033 | 0.554 | 0.278 | 1.102 | 0.545 | 0.273 | 1.089 | |||
| Income change due to COVID‐19 | 0.994 | 0.987 | 1.000 | 0.995 | 0.988 | 1.002 | 0.995 | 0.988 | 1.002 | |||
| Financial worries due to COVID‐19 | 0.958 | 0.895 | 1.025 | 0.932 | 0.866 | 1.002 | 0.935 | 0.868 | 1.008 | |||
| Openness | 1.008 | 0.902 | 1.125 | 1.014 | 0.907 | 1.133 | ||||||
| Conscientiousness | 1.005 | 0.895 | 1.127 | 1.011 | 0.900 | 1.136 | ||||||
| Extraversion | 0.945 | 0.852 | 1.049 | .942 | 0.848 | 1.046 | ||||||
| Agreeableness | 0.953 | 0.845 | 1.075 | .957 | 0.848 | 1.081 | ||||||
| Neuroticism | 1.087 | 0.976 | 1.210 | 1.090 | 0.975 | 1.218 | ||||||
| Internal locus of control | 0.999 | 0.954 | 1.046 | 1.000 | 0.955 | 1.048 | ||||||
| Identification with others | 1.008 | 0.982 | 1.035 | 1.009 | 0.982 | 1.036 | ||||||
| Intolerance of uncertainty | 1.002 | 0.985 | 1.020 | 1.003 | 0.985 | 1.021 | ||||||
| Death Anxiety | 0.995 | 0.980 | 1.011 | 0.996 | 0.981 | 1.012 | ||||||
| Loneliness | 1.146 | 1.022 | 1.284 | 1.128 | 1.00 | 1.27 | ||||||
| Religious beliefs | 0.960 | 0.932 | 0.990 | 0.958 | 0.930 | 0.988 | ||||||
| Resilience | 0.972 | 0.923 | 1.024 | 0.973 | 0.924 | 1.025 | ||||||
| Post‐traumatic stress disorder (Yes) | 1.286 | 0.781 | 2.117 | |||||||||
| Major depressive disorder (Yes) | 1.107 | 0.617 | 1.989 | |||||||||
| Generalized anxiety disorder (Yes) | 0.617 | 0.327 | 1.165 | |||||||||
| Insomnia disorder (Yes) | 1.067 | 0.688 | 1.656 | |||||||||
| History of mental health treatment (Yes) | 1.401 | 0.920 | 2.131 | |||||||||
N = 1,028; AOR = adjusted odds ratios; 95% CIs = 95% confidence intervals; statistically significant associations (p < .05) in bold.