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Development, gender equality, and suicide rates.

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  • 1Politics Department, University of Adelaide, Australia.

Psychological Reports
|November 22, 2000
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Higher life expectancy was linked to lower suicide rates, while greater gender equality correlated with increased suicide rates in men and women across 37 nations. Further analysis explored these complex relationships.

Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Public Health
  • Demography

Background:

  • Suicide rates present a complex public health challenge.
  • Socioeconomic factors and gender dynamics are hypothesized to influence suicide risk.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between human development indicators and national suicide rates.
  • To explore the relationship between longevity, gender empowerment, and suicide across different nations.

Main Methods:

  • Correlational analysis was used to examine associations between United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) indicators and suicide rates in 37 nations.
  • Multiple regression modeling was employed to assess the combined influence of life expectancy and the Gender-related Development Index on suicide rates.

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Main Results:

  • Longevity (a component of the Human Development Index) showed a negative correlation with male suicide rates (r = -.55) and the suicide sex ratio (r = -.59).
  • Women's empowerment (Gender Empowerment Measure) positively correlated with suicide rates for both sexes (r = .36).
  • Life expectancy was negatively related, and the Gender-related Development Index positively related, to suicide rates in a regression model.

Conclusions:

  • National suicide rates are complexly associated with human development indicators.
  • Increased longevity may be protective against suicide, whereas greater gender equality may be associated with higher suicide rates, warranting further investigation into underlying mechanisms.