Is the Association between Suicide and Unemployment Common or Different among the Post-Soviet Countries?

Nursultan Seksenbayev, Ken Inoue, Elaman Toleuov, Kamila Akkuzinova, Zhanna Karimova, Timur Moldagaliyev, Nargul Ospanova, Nailya Chaizhunusova and Altay Dyussupov
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Nursultan Seksenbayev: Department of Psychiatry, Semey Medical University, Semey 071400, Kazakhstan
Ken Inoue: Research and Education Faculty, Medical Sciences Cluster, Health Service Center, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
Elaman Toleuov: Department of Psychiatry, Semey Medical University, Semey 071400, Kazakhstan
Kamila Akkuzinova: Department of Psychiatry, Semey Medical University, Semey 071400, Kazakhstan
Zhanna Karimova: Department of Psychiatry, Semey Medical University, Semey 071400, Kazakhstan
Timur Moldagaliyev: Department of Psychiatry, Semey Medical University, Semey 071400, Kazakhstan
Nargul Ospanova: Department of Psychiatry, Semey Medical University, Semey 071400, Kazakhstan
Nailya Chaizhunusova: Department of Public Health, Semey Medical University, Semey 071400, Kazakhstan
Altay Dyussupov: Chairman of the Board-Rector, Semey Medical University, Semey 071400, Kazakhstan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-12

Abstract: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) collapsed in 1991 and separated into the 15 post-Soviet countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The post-Soviet countries have faced many economic problems, including unemployment. The association between suicide and unemployment in post-Soviet countries has not been well studied. Here, we researched the annual suicide rate and the unemployment rate during the 28-year period from 1992 to 2019 in the 15 post-Soviet countries. We calculated the correlation coefficients between the suicide rate and the unemployment rate in each of the countries during this period, and we determined the association between the suicide rate and unemployment rate. Our major findings were that (1) the suicide rates among both males and females were significantly associated with the unemployment rate in nearly half of the 15 countries, and (2) for nearly 70% of the males in the entire set of 15 countries, there was an association between the suicide rate and the unemployment rate. Suicide-prevention researchers and organizations should be aware of our findings, and specific suicide-prevention measures based on these results are desirable.

Keywords: USSR; post-Soviet country; suicide; unemployment; male; female (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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