From: Are volunteering and caregiving associated with suicide risk? A Census-based longitudinal study
Non- caregiver and Volunteer | Caregiver only | Volunteer only | Caregiver and Volunteer | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Proportion of Cohort (n) | 734,618 | 130,816 | 110,467 | 42,099 |
Age (years) | ||||
25–34 | 23.9 | 13.3 | 22.8 | 11.0 |
35–44 | 23.0 | 22.9 | 23.5 | 21.3 |
45–54 | 21.4 | 30.5 | 22.8 | 33.3 |
55–64 | 17.5 | 21.3 | 17.8 | 23.2 |
65–74 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 11.2 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 50.3 | 40.2 | 47.7 | 38.8 |
Female | 49.7 | 59.8 | 52.3 | 61.2 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 56.0 | 66.2 | 63.0 | 71.2 |
Never married | 26.7 | 20.3 | 24.2 | 17.3 |
Widowed/Sep/Divorced | 17.3 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 11.5 |
Single Person Household | ||||
No | 84.7 | 92.5 | 85.6 | 90.2 |
Yes | 15.3 | 7.5 | 14.4 | 9.8 |
Religion | ||||
Catholic | 43.1 | 41.3 | 37.5 | 38.0 |
Presbyterian | 21.3 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 23.1 |
Church of Ireland | 15.4 | 16.3 | 14.3 | 14.7 |
Methodist | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
Other Christian | 5.6 | 6.1 | 10.9 | 10.4 |
Other religions | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
No religion | 10.4 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 8.8 |
Tenure/ property value | ||||
£200 k | 8.8 | 10.5 | 16.9 | 19.3 |
£150-199 k | 11.3 | 13.1 | 16.8 | 19.1 |
£100-149 k | 22.3 | 23.7 | 23.4 | 25.0 |
£75–99.9 k | 14.2 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
< £75 k | 9.7 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
Missing value | 6.1 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 6.9 |
Private renting | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
Social renting | 26.1 | 22.6 | 16.6 | 11.6 |
Household car access | ||||
Two or more | 46.7 | 48.4 | 59.9 | 63.5 |
One | 37.7 | 39.5 | 31.9 | 31.3 |
None | 15.6 | 12.1 | 8.2 | 5.2 |
Education | ||||
Degree | 28.6 | 27.5 | 52.3 | 50.2 |
Intermediate | 40.0 | 44.0 | 37.7 | 40.7 |
No qualifications | 31.4 | 28.5 | 10.0 | 9.2 |
Economic Activity | ||||
Employed full-time | 46.6 | 39.8 | 53.2 | 47.7 |
Employed part-time | 15.5 | 18.6 | 19.0 | 22.8 |
Unemployed | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
Retired | 16.2 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 15.7 |
Homemaker | 3.9 | 12.3 | 2.8 | 5.8 |
Permanently sick | 9.7 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
Other | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
Area | ||||
Urban | 37.7 | 40.2 | 37.0 | 35.9 |
Intermediate | 34.9 | 32.9 | 32.0 | 30.4 |
Rural | 27.5 | 26.8 | 31.0 | 33.7 |
Activity limitation | ||||
No | 74.9 | 76.9 | 85.3 | 83.3 |
A little | 9.6 | 12.6 | 9.1 | 12.0 |
A lot | 15.5 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
General health | ||||
Very good | 37.0 | 31.8 | 47.7 | 41.4 |
Good | 35.9 | 42.0 | 38.0 | 42.7 |
Fair | 18.3 | 20.9 | 11.9 | 14.3 |
Bad | 6.9 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
Very bad | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Chronic conditions | ||||
Mental ill-health | 9.0 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
Mobility problems | 14.5 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 7.2 |
Chronic pain | 14.1 | 14.0 | 8.4 | 10.2 |
Mortality | ||||
Died by suicide | 0.060 | 0.032 |