Resource Tag: UNEMPLOYMENT

Purpose Prior research has documented an association between unemployment and elevated suicide risk. Yet, few Swedish studies have explicitly considered how such risk may vary by different migration background characteristics among persons of foreign-origin, who often experience diverse forms of labor market marginalization. This study examines the extent to which unemployment status may differentially influence […]

This study aimed to compare young individuals who differed in terms of birth region and history of suicide attempt regarding socio-demographic and healthcare factors, and with regard to their risks of subsequent unemployment, sickness absence and disability pension. Methods Prospective cohort study based on register linkage of 2,801,558 Swedish residents, aged 16–40 years in 2004, […]

Introduction Suicide rates and the proportion of alcohol-involved suicides rose during the 2008–2009 recession. Associations between county-level poverty, foreclosures, and unemployment and suicide rates and proportion of alcohol-involved suicides were investigated. Methods In 2015, National Violent Death Reporting System data from 16 states in 2005–2011 were utilized to calculate suicide rates and a measure of […]

growing body of research has demonstrated that deficits in well-being may be related to increased suicide risk, but there is only a limited number of studies that have focused on specific protective factors that can serve as a buffer against suicidal ideation and behaviours. Given that unemployment may be a factor leading to increased risk […]

WHO recently estimated that 804 000 people worldwide died by suicide during 2012.1 Suicide prevention experts have historically focused their attention on elevated risk during times of economic downturn.

The relationship between unemployment and suicide has changed over time and in particular during the Great Recession. Using state-level panel data covering the years 1979Ð2010, the study indicates that unemployment’s impact was insignificant during the first half of the sample period, but was highly significant during the second half.

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Statewide job losses during the year preceding the survey increased girlsÕ probability of suicidal ideation and suicide plans and non-Hispanic Black adolescentsÕ probability of suicidal ideation, suicide plans, and suicide attempts. Job losses among 1% of a stateÕs working-age population increased the probability of girls and Blacks reporting suicide-related behaviors by 2 to 3 percentage […]

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To investigate the risk and predictors of suicide and non-suicide mortality after self-harm in a Taiwanese population. Relatively high rates of suicide and non-suicide mortality were found following self-harm. Suicide prevention needs to take into account of risk factors for fatal repetition of self-harm.

The objective of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between suicide and unemployment. We find that the relationship between unemployment and suicide is context dependent. We do find positive and statistically significant relationships, but only for males in particular provinces. The relationship between unemployment and suicide is not monolithic. Rather, relationships are not […]

This study adopts a psychological autopsy method to compare (1) unemployed suicides, (2) other suicides who were either employed or not in the labor force, and (3) psychiatric outpatients without any prior suicidal behavior. A total of 245 consecutive suicides from Province of Parma (Italy) with recorded employment status were included in the analysis. New […]

Background This study describes the association between unemployment and cause-specific mortality for a cohort of working-age Canadians. Methods We conducted a cohort study over an 11-year period among a broadly representative 15% sample of the non-institutionalized population of Canada aged 30Ð69 at cohort inception in 1991 (888,000 men and 711,600 women who were occupationally active). […]

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Objective: Suicides account for more than 30,000 deaths per year in the US alone. Suicide rates change over time, and the factors influencing them remain poorly understood. Economic factors, in particular unemployment, have been suggested as a major influence. However, the evidence for this has been inconsistent, which may be partly explained by shortcomings of […]

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The author discusses trends in suicide rates in England & Wales, & then examines some risk factors which may have affected the rates, including: poverty, unemployment, gender effects, & age. Public health measures that affect suicide rates are also discussed. 5 refs.) Contact us for a copy of this article, or view online at https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/39/6/1475/741917/Commentary-Thomas-amp-Gunnell-s-paper

This study investigated the relationship between secular trends in unemployment & suicide in Taiwan. The study used a time-series analysis design. Rises in unemploymnet were associated with an increase in male suicide rates, but evidence for an association in females was limited. In the model controlling for changes in gross domestic product per capita, gross […]

This study highighted the demographic profile, examined methods of self-inflicted burns, & explored precipitating factors in Jamshoro, Pakistan over a period of 8 years. 154 cases with self-inflicted burns were divided into 2 groups: sucide attempters & self-immolators. Self-immolators were considerably younger than suicide attempters. Males dominated in the self-immolators group while females outnumbered males […]

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Development Research Working Paper Series #05/2008

This study determined the population-attributable risk of completed suicide among Hong Kong Chinese with axis I psychiatric diagnoses. With a case-control psychological autopsy method, 150 suicide victims, age 15-59, were compared for axis I diagnoses & psychosocial variables with 150 randomly selected age- & gender-matched persons living in the community. In the presence of other […]