Resource Tag: OCCUPATIONS. FARMING

Objective In recent years, rural areas have reported higher suicide rates than urban areas worldwide. Although agricultural activity is a key characteristic of many rural areas, rurality may also have heterogeneous qualities based on the type of agriculture pursued. However, to date, no study has examined potential linkages between suicide rate and types of agriculture. […]

Alberta is among Canada’s most productive agricultural economies contributing approximately $9.68 billion to the provincial economy in 2020. In fact, Alberta’s agriculture industry is a key driver of economic recovery in a post-COVID world. However, farmers face a range of occupational stressors unlike individuals in any other industry: unpredictable weather, volatile markets, animal-disease outbreaks, depopulation, […]

The purpose of this paper was to review the occupational homicide and suicide statistics for farmers and agriculture workers and to identify victim characteristics and incident circumstances. The study found homicide rates for farmers and agriculture workers were lower than rates for total occupations for 14 years, while suicide rates for farmers and agriculture workers […]

Farmers are exposed to a unique range of vocational stressors, and while mental health morbidity is similar to their non-rural counterparts, suicide rates in the farming community are higher. We examined the contribution of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction to the global stress burden and mental health of 378 Australian farmers (mean age = 53.08 […]

In this editorial, the authors discuss suicide among farmers in different cultures. Specific mention is made of suicide among female farmers. Suggestions for prevention conclude the editorial. (13 refs.)

This study investigated whether a general relationship could be found between structural change in agriculture & suicide in post-war Europe. Annual national-level data on suicide, the percentage of the workforce in agricultural employment, & the unemployment level were collected for those countries & 10-year periods where structural changes in agriculture between 1950-1995 had been most […]

This study investigated the rate of mental health problems amongst farmers compared with non-farmer rural residents & additional factors that might contribute to an increased risk of suicide amongst farmers. Key findings emerged from self-report questionnaire data, personality measures, & semi-structured interviews. No support was found for higher rates of mental health problems among farmers […]

~

~

This presentation discussed a two-stage project that is assessing the mental health of Mexican migrant farmworkers in western Colorado. The first phase found 17.2% of 100 respondents had suicide ideation, 8.1% made plans about how they would take their life, & 7.1% had attempted suicide. In the second phase of the project, individuals at risk […]

This study found both India & Australia have comparable suicide rates among farmers, rates which are high by international standards. This common feature can be attributed to water scarcity which is natural in the case of Australia & mostly the outcome of political lobbying in India. Certain sociological developments arising out of technological change also […]

This study investigated small-area variation in self-poisoning incidence in Sri Lanka & its association with area-based socioeconomic & agricultural factors. The overall incidence of intentional self-poisoning in the study area in 2002 was 315 per 100,000. Socioeconomic disadvantage, as indexed by poor housing quality & low levels of education but not unemployment, was associated with […]

~

~

An ecological study was deisgned to assess associations between age-adjusted suicide rates based on death certificates & socioeoconmic & agricultural factors. Suicide rates in males & females were inversely associated with schooling level & directly associated with divorce/marital separation. Rates for men were higher in areas where traditional Protestant religious were more prevalent, & rates […]

A number of research studies have provided evidence there is a significantly higher risk of suicide in rural areas of the United Kingdom & that farmers are a high risk group. In this preliminary study the factors that cause Mid-Wales farmers most stress were investigated in a convenience sample of farmers attending the Royal Welsh […]

The file copy of this article includes commentary by Rachel Jenkins.

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

The purposes of the present study were threefold: (1) to assess the prevalence levels of anxiety, depression, & suicidal ideation in a sample of first-generation Mexican migrant farmworker women in the Midwest United States; (2) to examine the variables that predict depression & suicidal ideation; & (3) to qualitatively – through interviews – determine the […]