The association between unemployment and suicide among employed and unemployed people in Hong Kong: A time-series analysis

Men, Yu Vera; Yeung, Cheuk Yui; Yip, Paul S. F.

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.013

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“…In a study conducted by YV Men et al .,[ 17 ] every one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate was associated with a 15% increase in the suicide rate among employed people. But in the present study, the unemployment percentage of the population was not significantly associated with suicide rates.…”

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Suicide and its risk factors – An ecological study

Muniyapillai,

Kulothungan,

Vignesh

et al. 2024

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: There is tremendous variation in both the prevalence of suicide and the factors that contribute to its occurrence across geographic locations, cultures, and time. Therefore, the present study aims to identify the various socio-demographic risk factors and psychosocial stressors using population data. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The countries that were included in the study were based on data from the World Health Organization. We considered the top ten suicide countries and the ten lowest suicide nations. We searched five global databases for the most recent socio-demographic data and data on psychosocial stressors during the period of August and September 2022. We analyzed the correlation between suicide rates and various factors, and we considered a P value of less than 0.05 to be statistically significant. RESULTS: The correlation of suicide with sociodemographic factors like age (P 0.246), gender (male, P 0.357, and female, P 0.357), net enrolment rate (P 0.725), gender parity index (P 0.929), urban population percentage (P 0.571), marital status (male, P 0.345, and female, P 0.752), and literacy rate percentage (P 0.199) was not significant. The correlation of suicide with psychosocial stressors like unemployment percentage (P 0.552), alcoholism percentage (P 0.271), the prevalence of depression (P 0.523), the number of psychiatrists (P 0.605), the number of mental hospitals (r = -0.090, P 0.713), and the poverty rate percentage (P 0.538) were also not significant. CONCLUSION: Suicide is a major public health issue, yet global suicide data is scarce. Sociodemographic factors like age, urbanization, and literacy rate were negatively correlated, whereas psychosocial stressors like unemployment, alcohol misuse, and poverty were positively correlated, but none were significantly associated.

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Suicide and its risk factors – An ecological study

Muniyapillai,

Kulothungan,

Vignesh

et al. 2024

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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“…Furthermore, unemployment puts a lot of strain on people, making them feel isolated from society and despondent over time. Workers who are in risk of losing their jobs are more likely to commit suicide (Law et al, 2012;Men et al, 2022). Transport infrastructure is thought to be one of the elements that effect unemployment.…”

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“…Unemployment can lead to more traffic collisions (Yakubu & Muhammed, 2021). According to certain studies, groups of employees who are unemployed have a higher rate of suicide (Law et al, 2012;Men et al, 2022). This emphasizes the significance of reducing unemployment.…”

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Transport Infrastructure Impact on Regional Unemployment – Evidence from Vietnam

Zhen¹

2022

IJSSHR

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Forecasts of elements that can lower unemployment are always significant since they demonstrate a country's economic development strategy's efficacy. The difficulties that workers have in finding work has major implications for Vietnam's socioeconomic development. The goal of this study is to look at the influence of transportation infrastructure on unemployment in Vietnam's 63 regions from 2000 to 2020. Improvements in Vietnam's transportation infrastructure have helped cut unemployment throughout the country's 63 provinces and regions, according to the baseline regression results. When the System Generalized Method of Moment estimator was utilized in this investigation, the same results were achieved. The results of the robustness check are comparable to those of the previous tests. The Vietnamese government continues to push the development of high-quality transportation infrastructure in order to assure future socioeconomic development. This is a critical aspect in reducing unemployment and restoring the Vietnamese economy following the COVID-19 period.

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“…Numerous studies also suggest that bad transport infrastructure makes it difficult for workers to find work. As a result, mental instability can arise, leading to an increase in traffic crashes and even suicides (Law et al, 2012;Men et al, 2022;Yakubu & Muhammed, 2021). All of the above points to the possibility that TF is linked to social welfare.…”

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Does Implementing Trade Facilitation Improve Social Welfare? In Case of ASEAN

Zhen¹

2022

ijcsrr

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In recent years, the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been concentrating on increasing trade facilitation (TF) goals. Ineffective commitment to TF can have a variety of detrimental consequences on a country’s welfare. The impact of three TF metrics on social well being in ASEAN countries is investigated in this study. The analysis shows that improvements in institutions, market efficiency, and infrastructure will enhance employment, school enrollment, and life expectancy using the System Generalized Method of Moments (SGMM) estimator with data gathered between 2000 and 2021. This progress even contributes to a reduction in the country’s annual traffic incidents. As a result, TF is a critical tool for improving a country’s social welfare.

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The association between unemployment and suicide among employed and unemployed people in Hong Kong: A time-series analysis

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

Suicide and its risk factors – An ecological study

Suicide and its risk factors – An ecological study

Transport Infrastructure Impact on Regional Unemployment – Evidence from Vietnam

Does Implementing Trade Facilitation Improve Social Welfare? In Case of ASEAN

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