Table 1

Distribution of dependent and control variables included in the models by the group served with an application for execution of an eviction (exposed group) and the 10% random sample of the Swedish population (comparison group)

VariablesRespondents
Exposed group (n=21 672)Comparison group (n=741 675)
Suicide (%)0.190.02
Control variables
Age
Year of birth (mean)1969.031962.95
Gender
Women (%)40.8450.80
Place of birth
Foreign born (%)27.6016.21
Mood disorder
Prescribed antidepressants (%)17.6210.11
Substance abuse
Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use (%)3.530.27
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders (%)0.300.06
Unemployment
Unemployed (%)36.058.69
Social welfare recipiency (%)
Received social assistance39.673.74
Education
Pre-upper-secondary (%)35.5121.36
Upper-secondary (%)53.6445.12
Region
Living in a big city42.5851.64
Family constellation
Single (%)57.0435.78
Criminality
Convicted of a criminal offence (%)10.941.10