Effects of urbanization, economic development, and migration of workers on suicide mortality in Japan
Effects of urbanization, economic development, and migration of workers on suicide mortality in Japan
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DOI：
10.1016/s0277-9536(03)00285-5
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发表时间：
2004-03-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Voorhees, AS
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作者：
Otsu, A;Araki, S;Voorhees, AS
用因子分析对20项社会生活指标进行分类后，对日本所有47个县1980、1985、1990年的男性或女性年龄调整自杀死亡率与社会生活因素的关系进行了逐步多元回归分析。在此期间，日本经历了1980-1983年的第二次经济危机(所谓的次生石油危机)和1986-1990年的经济繁荣(泡沫经济)。在这三年中，男性自杀死亡率与城市化和经济发展因素呈显著负相关，这一结果与我们之前研究1970年和1975年的数据一致。同样，男性死亡率与三年内工人迁移因素呈正相关。未发现与所有三年的女性死亡率显著相关的因素。结果表明：(1)城市化是日本过去20年(1970-1990年)男性自杀死亡率的主要决定因素；(2)在这10年中，劳动力迁移成为男性自杀死亡率的重要因素；(3)在这20年中，女性自杀死亡率比男性死亡率更容易受到社会生活因素的影响。(C)2003爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
The relationships between male or female age-adjusted suicide mortality and social life factors for all 47 Japanese prefectures in 1980, 1985 and 1990 were investigated by stepwise multiple regression analysis after classification of 20 social life indicators by factor analysis. During this period, Japan experienced the second economic crisis (the so-called secondary oil crisis) in 1980-1983 and economic prosperity (bubble economy) in 1986-1990. In all the three years, male suicide mortality was significantly related inversely to the urbanization and economic development factor, the result of which was consistent with the data in our previous study for the years 1970 and 1975. Similarly, the male mortality was positively related to the factor of migration of workers in the three years. No factor significantly related to female mortality for all the three years was found. It is suggested that (1) urbanization was a major determinant which prevented male suicide mortality during the past 20 years (1970-1990) in Japan; (2) migration of workers became an important factor for male suicide mortality during these 10 years; and (3) female suicide mortality was less vulnerable to social life factors for these 20 years than the male mortality. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.