Resource Tag: UNEMPLOYMENT

This study explored the association between the suicide rate & the unemployment rate in Taiwan. All 74,064 suicides by those aged 15 & older during 1978-2006 were included. Time series models were used to analyze the monthly age-standardized suicide rate by gender & age subgroup. The association between age-standardized suicide & the unemployment rate was […]

Gender-related suicide & unemployment rates for 1964-1986 from 23 western countries were reviewed. A statistically significant correlation was found for both genders for 1974-1986 which saw major increases in suicide & unemployment in many western nations. As unemployment reached a critical level the statistical link with suicide became stronger. Major gender changes occurred, in particular […]

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, across the 17 regions of Quebec, men’s attitudes toward suicide, expressing pain, & help-seeking, as they are related to suicide rates & sociodemographic variables. Most correlations were nonsignificant. However, in regions with an above-average educational level & with higher divorce/separation rates, men had better attitudes towards expressing pain. Furthermore, in regions where […]

This study investigated suicide trends, 1979-1998, in Rio de Janiero State with emphasis on age, period, & cohort effects. Poisson regression & graphical methods were used to evaluate these effects. Suicide rates increased steadily with age, particularly among males. In both males & females, age-adjusted rates decreased until 1992 & started to increase in 1993. […]

This statistical study explores socioeconomic determinants of suicide with aggregate-level panel data over 1975-2005 in 47 prefectures in Japan. Introducing a new proxy for mental illness & employing male & female age-adjusted suicide rates, this study attempts to avoid omitted variable bias. Controlling for period-specific, prefecture-specific characteristics, findings suggest high unemployment rates, serious mental illness, […]

This study explored temporal trends in age-adjusted suicide rates for people aged 65 years & older residing in the European Union from 1980-2006. In the years examined, there has been a general decrease in suicide rates in new & early members of the European Union, although more slowly for elderly men than for women. The […]

This study revises the standard economic model of suicide to accommodate Japan’s experience, focussing on the change in human capital for the unemployed. The authors then use the new model & de-trended data to investigate empirically the relationship between the suicide cycle & the unemployment cycle. Unlike previous aggregate time series studies, it was found […]

This paper describes the psychosocial & behavioural characteristics of 30 consecutive adult suicides from 4 First Nations communities in Quebec. Psychological autopsies were done with family members. Suicide among this group was overrepresented by young single men. Alcohol intoxication at the time of death was reported for 22 cases in association with rapid acting out […]

The Japanese government established the goal of reducing the annual number of suicides to 22,000 by 2010; towards this end, several programs have been proposed. However, the number of suicides has not declined over the past 10 years. Achieiving the goal in the remaining years will require extensive & consistent campaigns dealing with the issues […]

This study, based on a representative sample of 1161 subjects in Kosovo, assessed war related experiences & posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology. Irrespective of age, gender, or education, subjects in rural areas had high suicide ideation scores. Unemployment & high posttraumatic stress disorder scores were associated with suicide ideation scores. It is concluded suicide ideation, linked […]

The authors retrospectively evaluated 88 patients diagnosed with bipolar I, bipolar II, or unipolar depression. Of these, 44 had made at least one suicide attempt. They were matched for age, gender, & diagnosis with 44 patients who had never attempted suicide. In the univariate contrasts, suicidal patients were more likely to be male, single, ill […]

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 […]

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This study evaluated whether unemployment is a risk factor in suicide. People in years at risk were calculated from the date of the interview until death, or for those who survived, until the end of the follow-up period at 31 December 1993. Information on the dependent variable was obtained from the Cause of Death Register […]

This study sought to identify major risk factors associated with suicide in Karachi, Pakistan. Interviews were conducted for 100 consecutive suicides, which were matched for age, gender, & area of residence with 100 living controls. Both univariate analysis & conditional logistic regression model results indicate predictors of suicide in Pakistan are psychiatric disorders, especially depression, […]

This study examined the association of climate, socioeconomic, & demographic factors with suicide in Queensland, Australia using a spatiotemporal approach. Seasonal data on suicide, demographic variables, & socioeconomic indexes for areas in each Local Government Area between 1999-2003 were acquired. A multvariable generalized estimating equation model was used to examine the impact of socio-environmental factors […]

This study sought to develop a set of easily obtainable, relevant measures of a community’s condition that could be used to guide its suicide prevention efforts. Existing data were gathered across 159 Georgia counties for 9 potential social indicators that had been chosen by the communities. Data on these from 1995-1999 were averaged & analyzed […]

Suicide is a public health problem that claims the lives of approximately 1 million people around the world each year. This article describes suicide rates in the United States & Minnesota & discusses potential effects of the economy on the rate, concerns regarding suicide in the Army, & what clinicians can do to make a […]

A study of the regional variation of suicide rates over the sixteen Bundeslander of Germany in 1996 revealed that suicide rates were higher in regions with a higher unemployment rate, lower marriage and birth rates, and in regions from the former East Germany. (7 refs.)