Tallinn University, Estonia.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2012 Jan;58(1):62-8. doi: 10.1177/0020764010387059. Epub 2010 Nov 18.
The present study attempted to assess the relationship between suicide mortality and employment status in Europe.
Suicide trends were obtained from the World Health Organization, employment rates from the Conference Board Total Economy Database, and questions about citizens' attitudes towards employment from the European Social Survey. Correlations were analysed. Differences between mean scores for attitudes in Western and Eastern Europe were calculated.
Employment and suicide trends are negatively correlated in most countries. Suicide mortality is associated with unemployment risk and expectations of inadequate financial resources during unemployment, and negatively correlated with an assured high standard of living for the unemployed. Suicide mortality and the degree of conviction that the government should ensure jobs for all are weakly correlated. Attitudes towards employment and unemployment in Eastern and Western Europe diverge.
Changes in employment rates influence suicide mortality in many European countries. Factors that increase suicide mortality include lack of confidence in employment status and unemployed people's expectations of insufficient income and low living standards. Suicidal behaviour is more strongly related to attitudes linked with employment status among males than females. In Eastern Europe the status of being unemployed is feared more, and people rely more on the government.
本研究试图评估欧洲自杀死亡率与就业状况之间的关系。
自杀趋势数据来自世界卫生组织，就业数据来自会议委员会的总体经济数据库，而有关公民对就业态度的问题则来自欧洲社会调查。分析了相关性。计算了西欧和东欧对就业态度的平均得分差异。
在大多数国家，就业和自杀趋势呈负相关。自杀死亡率与失业风险以及失业期间预期收入不足有关，与失业者有保障的高生活水平呈负相关。自杀死亡率与政府应为所有人确保工作的信念程度呈弱相关。东欧和西欧对就业和失业的态度存在差异。
就业水平的变化影响着许多欧洲国家的自杀死亡率。增加自杀死亡率的因素包括对就业状况缺乏信心以及失业者对收入不足和生活水平低的预期。与女性相比，男性的自杀行为与与就业状况相关的态度关系更为密切。在东欧，失业的状况更令人恐惧，人们更依赖政府。
