Those Who Are Left Behind: An Estimate of the Number of Family Members of Suicide Victims in Japan

Joe Chen, Yun Jeong Choi, Kohta Mori, Yasuyuki Sawada and Saki Sugano
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Joe Chen: Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
Yun Jeong Choi: Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
Kohta Mori: Department of Economics, Yale University

No CIRJE-F-604, CIRJE F-Series from CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

Abstract: This paper contributes to the literature of suicide studies by presenting procedures and its estimates of the number of family members who lose their loved ones to suicide. Using Japanese aggregate level data, three main findings emerge: first, there are approximately five bereaved family members per suicide; second, in 2006, there were about 90,000 children who had lost a parent to suicide; and third, in 2006, there were about three million living family members who had lost a loved one to suicide. The direct production loss of bereaved family members in 2006 alone is estimated at approximately 197 million USD. These results are valuable in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of suicide prevention programs and in designing appropriate policy instruments.

Pages: 13pages
Date: 2008-12
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