Those Who are Left Behind: An Estimate of the Number of Family Members of Suicide Victims in Japan
Those Who are Left Behind: An Estimate of the Number of Family Members of Suicide Victims in Japan
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DOI：
10.1007/s11205-009-9448-3
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发表时间：
2009-12-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Sugano, Saki
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作者：
Chen, Joe;Choi, Yun Jeong;Sugano, Saki
本文通过介绍程序及其对因自杀而失去亲人的家庭成员数量的估计，为自杀研究的文献做出了贡献。根据日本的总体水平数据，可以得出三个主要结论：第一，每名自杀者大约有5名家庭成员;第二，2006年，大约有9万名儿童因自杀而失去父母;第三，2006年，大约有300万名在世家庭成员因自杀而失去亲人。仅在2006年，丧失亲人的家庭成员的直接生产损失估计约为1.97亿美元。这些结果在评估自杀预防项目的成本效益和设计适当的政策工具方面具有价值。
This paper contributes to the literature of suicide studies by presenting procedures and its estimates of the number of family members who lose their loved ones to suicide. Using Japanese aggregate level 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. The direct production loss of bereaved family members in 2006 alone is estimated at approximately 197 million USD. These results are valuable in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of suicide prevention programs and in designing appropriate policy instruments.