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"An Estimate of the Number of Family Members of Suicide Victims in Japan" (in Japanese)

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  • Kohta Mori

    (Department of Economics, Yale University)

  • Joe Chen

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo)

  • Yun Jeong Choi

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo)

  • Yasayuki Sawada

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo)

  • Saki Sugano

    (Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo)

Abstract

This paper contributes to the literature of suicide studies by presenting procedures for estimating the number of family members who lose their loved ones to suicide. Using Japanese 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.

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  • Kohta Mori & Joe Chen & Yun Jeong Choi & Yasayuki Sawada & Saki Sugano, 2008. ""An Estimate of the Number of Family Members of Suicide Victims in Japan" (in Japanese)," CIRJE J-Series CIRJE-J-207, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    • Handle: RePEc:tky:jseres:2008cj207
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