Titre :
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Suicide and unemployment in Italy, 1982-1994. (1999)
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Auteurs :
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A. PRETI ;
P. MIOTTO
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 53, n° 11, 1999)
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Pagination :
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694-701
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Suicide
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Evolution
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Incidence
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Activité professionnelle
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Facteur socioéconomique
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Epidémiologie
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Facteur risque
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Homme
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Italie
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Europe
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Chômage
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST vrIR0xaF. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective-To investigate whether either the condition of being unemployed, or changes in unemployment rates are associated with suicide risk. Design-Administrative data for suicide according to occupational status have been analysed considering three employment categories : employed, seeking new job (unemployed), seeking first job (never employed). Comparison of suicide rates by economic position and correlation between suicide and unemployment rates have been made. Subjects and settings-20 457 deaths by suicide registered in Italy among economically active people from 1982 to 1994. Main outcome measures-Change over time in suicide rates by economic position ; coefficient of aggravation according to occupational status. Results-Suicide rates among the unemployed are clearly and constantly higher than those among the employed : up to three times higher among men, and twice as high among women. Among the unemployed a clear and significant rise in suicide rates in both sexes took place over the study period ; suicide rates among the employed showed a less marked increase. The rise in suicide rates was accompanied by a concurrent rise in unemployment rate percentage. Men seem to be affected most by this change in unemployment rate percentage ; women are subject to less evident influences and variations. (...)
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