The Socioeconomic Determinants of Suicide: A Panel Data Analysis

Cumhur Erdem and Mehmet Di̇nç
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Cumhur Erdem: Department of Economic, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
Mehmet Di̇nç: Department of Economic, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Ağrı, Turkey

Yildiz Social Science Review, 2022, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Suicide has been a major public health issue worldwide and a growing number of researches have been conducted to unveil the association between socioeconomic factors and suicide rates. The aim of the present study is to detect if socioeconomic factors have impacts on suicide rates in age-adjusted, men, women and young people. To meet this objective, we used annual data on 47 countries for the 1996-2015 period. The results obtained from the panel data econometric analysis show that unemployment, fertility, alcohol consumption, divorce, women’s working rates have significant effects on suicide rates.

Keywords: Suicide; unemployment; divorce rate; alcohol consumption; fertility; economic variablesJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F00 F30 G00 G10 K00 K20 M00 M20 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.51803/yssr.1146860

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