Table 2

Penalised maximum likelihood logistic regression of home eviction and suicide in Sweden 2009–2013

VariableModel 1
Crude OR (95% CI)
Model 2
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Model 3
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Model 4
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Independent variable
Home eviction
Lost the right to the dwelling (reference category: other)9.21 (6.54 to 12.98)*8.84 (6.24 to 12.53)*5.94 (4.10 to 8.62)*4.42 (2.95 to 6.64)*
Control variables
Age
Year of birth (continuous)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)
Gender
Women (reference category: men)0.36 (0.26 to 0.50)*0.31 (0.22 to 0.42)*0.33 (0.24 to 0.46)*
Place of birth 
Foreign born (reference category: born in Sweden)0.81 (0.55 to 1.20)0.88 (0.60 to 1.30)0.91 (0.61 to 1.35)
Mood disorder
Prescribed antidepressants (reference category: other)4.94 (3.62 to 6.74)*4.56 (3.35 to 6.22)*
Substance abuse 
Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use (reference category: other)4.82 (2.70 to 8.60)*3.66 (2.01 to 6.65)*
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders (reference category: other)7.36 (2.07 to 26.10)*5.48 (1.54 to 19.50)*
Unemployment 
Unemployed (reference category: other)0.99 (0.64 to 1.55)
Social welfare recipiency
Received social assistance (reference category: other)0.98 (0.60 to 1.60)
Education 
Pre-upper-secondary (reference category: post-upper-secondary education)1.21 (0.80 to 1.82)
Upper-secondary (reference category: post-secondary education)1.10 (0.77 to 1.58)
Region
Living in a big city (reference category: other)0.87 (0.65 to 1.15)
Family constellation 
Single (reference category: other family constellations)2.36 (1.74 to 3.19)*
Criminality
Convicted of a criminal offence (reference category: other)1.98 (1.15 to 3.38)*
Suicides195195195195
Total study population (n)n=763 347n=763 347n=763 347n=763 347
  • *Statistically significant (at the 5% level).