Department of Neurosciences, Ophtalmology and Genetics, Section of Psychiatry, San Martino Hospital, University of Genova, Italy.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2012 Sep;58(5):477-84. doi: 10.1177/0020764011408651. Epub 2011 Aug 3.
There is abundant empirical evidence of a surplus risk of suicide among the unemployed, although few studies have investigated the influence of economic downturns on suicidal behaviours in an employment status-stratified sample.
We investigated how economic inflation affected suicidal behaviours according to employment status in Italy from 2001 to 2008.
Data concerning economically active people were provided by the Italian Institute for Statistical Analysis and by the International Monetary Fund. The association between inflation and completed versus attempted suicide with respect to employment status was investigated in every year and quarter-year of the study time frame. We considered three occupational categories: employed, unemployed who were previously employed and unemployed who had never worked.
The unemployed are at higher suicide risk than the employed. Among the PE, a significant association between inflation and suicide attempt was found, whereas no association was reported concerning completed suicides. No association was found between completed and attempted suicides among the employed, the NE and inflation. Completed suicide in females is significantly associated with unemployment in every quarter-year.
The reported vulnerability to suicidal behaviours among the PE as inflation rises underlines the need of effective support strategies for both genders in times of economic downturns.
有大量经验证据表明，失业人群自杀的风险过剩，尽管很少有研究在按就业状况分层的样本中调查经济衰退对自杀行为的影响。
我们研究了意大利从 2001 年到 2008 年，经济通胀如何根据就业状况影响自杀行为。
意大利统计分析研究所和国际货币基金组织提供了有关经济活跃人口的数据。在研究期间的每一年和每半年，我们都调查了通货膨胀与就业状况下完成自杀和企图自杀之间的关系。我们考虑了三个职业类别：就业、以前就业的失业者和从未工作过的失业者。
失业者的自杀风险高于就业者。在 PE 中，发现通货膨胀与自杀企图之间存在显著关联，而与完成自杀无关。在就业者、NE 和通货膨胀之间，完成自杀和企图自杀之间没有关联。在每一个半年期，女性的完全自杀与失业显著相关。
报告中指出，随着通货膨胀的上升，PE 更容易出现自杀行为，这突显了在经济衰退时期，需要为两性制定有效的支持策略。
