Suicidal Behaviour and the Labour Market

Suicide in paradise: aftermath of the Bali bombings

“…Previous studies of suicide in Western developed contexts have shown that socio-economic deprivation (Taylor et al 2005 ;Page et al 2006 ;Rehkopf & Buka, 2006), especially changes in employment status (Morrell et al 1999 ;Platt & Hawton, 2000), can be associated with increased suicide in younger age groups. This may be applicable to the Balinese context, where most sectors are directly or indirectly affected by foreign income and tourism.…”

Personal debt and suicidal ideation

“…Pirkis et al (2000), in a population study in Australia, showed that unemployment was the only significant predictor of suicide ideators progressing to making a suicide attempt in a 12-month period. In addition, there is a well-established link between unemployment and suicide and self-harm (Platt & Hawton, 2000). The consequences of the current economic crisis may therefore have a serious impact upon the risk of suicide.…”

Suicide in England and Wales 1861-2005: a time trends analysis

“…Stack and Danieglis (1985) 26 theorised that modernisation increased women's participation in the labour force, which increased the work related pressure faced by women and made them more susceptible to suicide. However, this theory has not been supported by the findings of the most recent systematic review 18 .…”

“…A second female peak in rates in the 1960s has been hypothesised as being due to post war changes in the role of women in society 17 . However a recent systematic review found very little evidence that increasing female labour force participation rates were associated with increasing female suicide rates 18 . It is more likely that the female peak in the 1960s is due to the ease of accessibility of specific methods, in particular barbiturate poisoning 19 .…”