Ritter Kristina, Stompe Thomas
Institut für Suchtdiagnostik, Modecenterstraße 16, 1030, Wien, Österreich.
Neuropsychiatr. 2013;27(3):111-8. doi: 10.1007/s40211-012-0051-5. Epub 2013 Mar 21.
While the link between the unemployment and the national suicide rates is confirmed by various studies, there are few investigations on the impact of unemployment on homicide rates. In particular, it is not known whether suicide and homicide are associated with the same socio-economic factors.
Using linear regression method, the influence of unemployment rates, per capita incomes and annual alcohol consumption on suicide and homicide rates was examined in the 27 EU states.
We found a positive correlation between suicide and homicide rates. Unemployment among men is a strong predictor not only for suicide- but also for homicide rates. Suicide rates in men are also affected by the annual alcohol consumption. The suicide rates in women, however, correlate neither with socio-economic variables nor with alcohol consumption.
Unemployment seems to have a stronger impact on the male than on the female identity. Since the former is still highly dependent on predetermined social roles.
尽管多项研究证实了失业率与全国自杀率之间的联系，但关于失业对凶杀率影响的调查却很少。特别是，尚不清楚自杀和凶杀是否与相同的社会经济因素相关。
采用线性回归方法，研究了欧盟27个国家的失业率、人均收入和年酒精消费量对自杀率和凶杀率的影响。
我们发现自杀率和凶杀率之间存在正相关。男性失业不仅是自杀率的有力预测因素，也是凶杀率的有力预测因素。男性的自杀率也受年酒精消费量的影响。然而，女性的自杀率既与社会经济变量无关，也与酒精消费无关。
失业对男性身份的影响似乎比对女性的影响更大。因为前者仍然高度依赖于预先确定的社会角色。
