Abstract
Objectives: To examine the relationship between socioeconomic factors and suicide mortality trends in Taipei City between 1991 and 2004. Methods: We used data obtained from the Taipei City Bureau of Health to assess Pearson's correlation coefficients between a series of socioeconomic factors, such as unemployment rates, social mobility rates, divorce rates, percentage of single person households, and poverty rates, and age-standardized suicide mortality rates. Cochrane-Orcutt regression was used to evaluate the relationship between socioeconomic factors and suicide death rates; the analysis was stratified by age and gender. Results: Pearson' s correlation analysis showed that with the exception of the female labor force participation rate, all socioeconomic factors had a significant association with suicide death rates (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 66-74 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Taiwan Journal of Public Health |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2007 |
Keywords
- Female labor force participation
- Social mobility rate
- Socioeconomic factors
- Suicide rate
- Unemployment rate
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health