Abstract
Economic Stress and Suicide: Multilevel Analyses. Part 2: Cross-Level Analyses of Economic Stress and Suicidal Ideation
Dooley D~~et al
Reports the second of 2 studies of the hypothesis that the economy affects suicide. In order to measure the impact of economic climate on suicidal ideation at the individual level, aggregate economic indicators were combined with individual-level measures of stressful events, symptoms, & suicidal ideation obtained in a survey of Los Angeles from 1978-82. The 2 studies revealed small associations between economic stress & suicide or suicidal ideation. (24 ref)