BACKGROUND
Death by suicide is particularly high for the middle-aged and for single and/or childless individuals. At the same time, the risk of suicide is higher for tenants than for homeowners. The literature linking housing tenure and suicide according to age, gender, and family configuration is scarce.

OBJECTIVE
This study examines the varying association between housing tenure and suicide risk according to sex, age (for adults), and household composition.

METHODS
We used data from Belgium’s National Register linked to 2001 census data and death certificates. We conducted multinomial logit regression to estimate the mortality relative risk ratios by suicide and by other causes in the population aged 25 to 69 years in 2002, separately by sex.

RESULTS
We find that homeownership was negatively associated with suicide risk for both men and women, before and after controlling for age, housing quality, and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Interacting age and housing tenure, we find that renting is associated with a higher risk of suicide among adults in their 40s and 50s, but not among younger and older adults. Among marital and parental statuses, married men and single women with no children at home present a higher risk of suicide in mid-life when renting, compared to owning.

CONCLUSIONS
Homeownership is associated with a lower suicide risk for middle-aged populations, more specifically for married men, unpartnered women, and individuals living without children.



中文翻译：

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租户是否患有地位综合症？比利时的房屋所有权、规范和自杀（Joan Damiens、Christine Schnor 着）

背景技术
对于中年人和单身和/或没有孩子的人来说，自杀死亡率特别高。同时，租户的自杀风险高于房主。根据年龄、性别和家庭结构将住房使用权与自杀联系起来的文献很少。

目的
本研究根据性别、年龄（成人）和家庭组成，考察住房使用权与自杀风险之间的不同关联。

方法
我们使用来自比利时国家登记册的数据与 2001 年人口普查数据和死亡证明相关联。我们进行多项 logit 回归以估计 2002 年 25 至 69 岁人群中自杀和其他原因导致的死亡率相对风险比，分别按性别。

结果
我们发现，在控制年龄、住房质量以及人口和社会经济特征之前和之后，房屋所有权与男性和女性的自杀风险呈负相关。将年龄和住房使用权相互作用，我们发现租房与 40 多岁和 50 多岁的成年人自杀风险较高有关，但在年轻人和老年人中则不然。在婚姻和父母状况中，已婚男性和家中没有孩子的单身女性在中年租房时的自杀风险高于拥有房产。

结论
拥有住房与中年人群的较低自杀风险相关，尤其是已婚男性、未婚女性和没有孩子的个人。