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Table 3 Risk of mortality by suicide according to caregiver and volunteer status. Data represent Hazard Ratios (and 95% Confidence Intervals) from separate Cox proportional hazard models

From: Are volunteering and caregiving associated with suicide risk? A Census-based longitudinal study

Caregiver and volunteer status

M1

Adjusted for age and sex

M2

M1 + religion and marital status

M3

M2 + Single person household

M4

M3 + Socio-economic status

M5

M4 + Economic Activity

M6

M5 + Self-reported health status

Non-helper

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Caregiver only

0.64 (0.47, 0.87)

0.69 (0.51, 0.94)

0.75 (0.55, 1.02)

0.76 (0.56, 1.03)

0.81 (0.59, 1.10)

0.80 (0.59, 1.09)

Volunteer only

0.60 (0.43, 0.83)

0.65 (0.47, 0.91)

0.64 (0.46, 0.89)

0.79 (0.56, 1.10)

0.84 (0.60, 1.17)

0.86 (0.62, 1.20)

Both Caregiver & Volunteer

0.22 (0.09, 0.53)

0.25 (0.10, 0.60)

0.25 (0.10, 0.61)

0.33 (0.13, 0.79)

0.35 (0.15, 0.86)

0.34 (0.14, 0.84)