Sweden: Income and suicide
2010 (English)In: Psychological Reports, ISSN 0033-2941, E-ISSN 1558-691X, Vol. 107, no 1, p. 157-162Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Previous publications have reported two conflicting patterns describing the relationship between income and suicide in Sweden; positive and negative. Methodologically the studies have differed, and the analysis has been limited to a few areas. To better understand the relationship, a nationwide, cross-sectional, ecological study of the 290 municipalities in Sweden was planned. OLS regression analyses showed the overall and female suicide rates were negatively related to income, while the effect on male suicide rates was not statistically significant. The results confirm earlier findings of a negative relationship between income and suicide.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2010. Vol. 107, no 1, p. 157-162
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-7310DOI: 10.2466/02.12.13.17.PR0.107.4.157-162ISI: 000282142000016Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-77956564724OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-7310DiVA, id: diva2:406304
2011-03-252011-03-252017-12-11Bibliographically approved