Female labour force participation and suicide rates in the world

Ying-Yeh Chen, Mengni Chen, Carrie S.M. Lui and Paul S.F. Yip

Social Science & Medicine, 2017, vol. 195, issue C, 61-67

Abstract: The current study aims to illustrate male to female suicide rate ratios in the world and explore the correlations between female labour force participation rates (FLPR) and suicide rates of both genders. Further, whether the relationship of FLPR and suicide rates vary according to the human capabilities of a given country are examined.

Keywords: Suicide; Female labour force participation; Sex ratio; Gender ratio; Egalitarian gender norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.014

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