Citation

Shah A, Bhandarkar R. Psychol. Rep. 2008; 103(3): 793-796.

Affiliation

University of Central Lancashire, Preston. ajit.shah@wlmht.nhs.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19320214

Abstract

Individual and aggregate-level studies in at least seven countries have yielded significant positive correlations for suicide with unemployment, particularly for men of younger age groups. Unemployment may act as a stressful life event leading to suicide; however, the correlation of general population suicide rates with measures of unemployment in a cross-national study of 27 countries was not statistically significant, and the magnitude was small. To be certain, further data on unemployment rates would be needed for a larger number of countries, particularly with low income.

Language: en