TABLE 4.
Associations between sociodemographic, economic, psychological, and psychiatric variables and attempted suicide.
| Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | |||||
| Sex (Male) | 1.21 | .80 | 1.83 | 1.36 | .89 | 2.09 | 1.36 | 0.86 | 2.15 | 1.49 | 0.90 | 2.45 |
| Age 18–24 | 3.54 | 1.26 | 9.94 | 5.76 | 1.63 | 20.39 | 3.30 | 0.86 | 12.60 | 1.93 | 0.47 | 7.92 |
| 25–34 | 4.37 | 1.66 | 11.48 | 5.88 | 1.76 | 19.62 | 3.15 | 0.88 | 11.22 | 1.94 | 0.52 | 7.32 |
| 35–44 | 4.25 | 1.67 | 10.78 | 6.32 | 1.95 | 20.50 | 3.93 | 1.15 | 13.39 | 2.43 | 0.68 | 8.64 |
| 45–54 | 2.44 | 0.92 | 6.52 | 3.72 | 1.15 | 12.06 | 2.66 | 0.78 | 9.03 | 2.06 | 0.58 | 7.27 |
| 55–64 | 2.29 | 0.89 | 5.94 | 3.13 | 1.09 | 8.94 | 2.32 | 0.78 | 6.92 | 2.01 | 0.65 | 6.20 |
| Nationality (Non‐Irish) | 0.56 | 0.23 | 1.34 | 0.56 | 0.23 | 1.37 | 0.56 | 0.22 | 1.43 | 0.43 | 0.16 | 1.19 |
| Grow up in Ireland (No) | 1.17 | 0.52 | 2.66 | 1.22 | 0.53 | 2.82 | 1.12 | 0.46 | 2.73 | 1.31 | 0.49 | 3.47 |
| Ethnicity (Minority) | 1.76 | 0.77 | 4.03 | 1.56 | 0.67 | 3.67 | 1.81 | 0.74 | 4.38 | 2.72 | 1.06 | 6.99 |
| Residence in a city (Yes) | 0.84 | 0.50 | 1.41 | 0.79 | 0.46 | 1.34 | .84 | 0.48 | 1.46 | 0.81 | 0.45 | 1.46 |
| Education (No university) | 1.84 | 1.19 | 2.86 | 1.83 | 1.15 | 2.92 | 1.90 | 1.16 | 3.09 | 1.99 | 1.18 | 3.35 |
| Relationship (Not in a relationship) | 1.48 | 0.92 | 2.39 | 1.35 | 0.83 | 2.20 | 1.11 | 0.65 | 1.87 | 1.28 | 0.72 | 2.25 |
| Living alone (Yes) | 2.21 | 1.21 | 4.03 | 2.09 | 1.14 | 3.86 | 1.92 | 1.00 | 3.68 | 1.54 | 0.76 | 3.12 |
| Part‐time employed | 1.04 | 0.56 | 1.91 | 1.00 | 0.53 | 1.89 | 1.15 | 0.59 | 2.26 | |||
| Unemployed | 0.79 | 0.44 | 1.41 | 0.74 | 0.40 | 1.36 | 0.65 | 0.34 | 1.26 | |||
| Retired | 1.98 | 0.82 | 4.81 | 1.76 | 0.70 | 4.42 | 1.84 | 0.70 | 4.86 | |||
| Income < €20,000 | 2.24 | 1.09 | 4.60 | 2.21 | 1.05 | 4.67 | 2.18 | 1.00 | 4.74 | |||
| €20,000–€29,999 | 1.92 | 0.95 | 3.86 | 1.87 | 0.91 | 3.83 | 1.80 | 0.85 | 3.83 | |||
| €30,000–€39,999 | 1.93 | 0.97 | 3.84 | 2.12 | 1.04 | 4.30 | 2.40 | 1.13 | 5.10 | |||
| €40,000–€49,999 | 1.38 | 0.61 | 3.14 | 1.59 | 0.68 | 3.71 | 1.68 | 0.68 | 4.13 | |||
| Income change due to COVID‐19 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.00 | |||
| Financial worries due to COVID‐19 | 1.12 | 1.04 | 1.21 | 1.09 | 1.01 | 1.18 | 1.08 | 0.99 | 1.18 | |||
| Openness | 1.02 | 0.89 | 1.16 | 1.04 | 0.91 | 1.20 | ||||||
| Conscientiousness | 0.95 | 0.83 | 1.08 | 0.98 | 0.86 | 1.13 | ||||||
| Extraversion | 0.95 | 0.84 | 1.08 | 0.91 | 0.80 | 1.03 | ||||||
| Agreeableness | 0.96 | 0.84 | 1.10 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 1.15 | ||||||
| Neuroticism | 1.19 | 1.05 | 1.35 | 1.09 | 0.96 | 1.25 | ||||||
| Internal locus of control | 0.99 | 0.93 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 1.05 | ||||||
| Identification with others | 0.98 | 0.95 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 1.01 | ||||||
| Intolerance of uncertainty | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.02 | ||||||
| Death Anxiety | 0.98 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Loneliness | 1.18 | 1.03 | 1.34 | 0.99 | 0.85 | 1.14 | ||||||
| Religious beliefs | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 1.03 | ||||||
| Resilience | 0.99 | 0.94 | 1.06 | 1.00 | 0.94 | 1.07 | ||||||
| Post‐traumatic stress disorder (Yes) | 1.77 | 1.01 | 3.10 | |||||||||
| Major depressive disorder (Yes) | 3.53 | 1.84 | 6.75 | |||||||||
| Generalized anxiety disorder (Yes) | 1.05 | 0.55 | 1.99 | |||||||||
| Insomnia disorder (Yes) | 0.90 | 0.53 | 1.54 | |||||||||
| History of mental health treatment (Yes) | 3.52 | 2.16 | 5.75 | |||||||||
N = 1,026; AOR = adjusted odds ratios; 95% CIs = 95% confidence intervals; statistically significant associations (p < .05) in bold.