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Unemployment and Youth Suicide

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  • Stephen Morrell
  • Andrew Page
  • Richard Taylor

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Suicide rates in younger age groups in Australia, and in a number of other similar Western countries, have increased substantially since the 1960s. In Australia this rise has occurred contemporaneously with rises in youth unemployment rates, especially in males. Aggregate analyses investigating the relationship between these trends are reviewed for Australia, and compared with similar international aggregate studies of youth suicide and unemployment. Individual based studies investigating the role of unemployment in the causal pathways associated with suicide are also considered in this review. Aggregate suicide and unemployment data for males aged 20–24 years is presented to illustrate the changing relationship between unemployment and youth suicide over 1921–1998. The relationship between youth suicide rates and unemployment rates, particularly in males, is discussed in terms of the utility of using such indicators in evaluating suicide prevention initiatives. The applicability of aggregate variables in multi-dimensional explanations of suicide is also discussed.

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  • Stephen Morrell & Andrew Page & Richard Taylor, 2001. "Unemployment and Youth Suicide," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 12(1), pages 4-17, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecolab:v:12:y:2001:i:1:p:4-17
    DOI: 10.1177/103530460101200102
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