Occupational class differences in suicide: evidence of changes over time and during the global financial crisis in Australia
| Autor: | Alison J. Milner, Anthony D. LaMontagne, Heather Niven |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Employment Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Intentional self-harm Poison control Recession Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Skill level 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Age Distribution Injury prevention medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Socioeconomic status media_common Aged Retrospective Studies Occupation business.industry Australia Human factors and ergonomics Gender Middle Aged 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Suicide Economic Recession Working class 8. Economic growth Female business Demography Research Article Socio-economic gradient |
| Zdroj: | BMC Psychiatry |
| ISSN: | 1471-244X |
| Popis: | Background Previous research showed an increase in Australian suicide rates during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). There has been no research investigating whether suicide rates by occupational class changed during the GFC. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the GFC-associated increase in suicide rates in employed Australians may have masked changes by occupational class. Methods Negative binomial regression models were used to investigate Rate Ratios (RRs) in suicide by occupational class. Years of the GFC (2007, 2008, 2009) were compared to the baseline years 2001–2006. Results There were widening disparities between a number of the lower class occupations and the highest class occupations during the years 2007, 2008, and 2009 for males, but less evidence of differences for females. Conclusions Occupational disparities in suicide rates widened over the GFC period. There is a need for programs to be responsive to economic downturns, and to prioritise the occupational groups most affected. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12888-015-0608-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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