Shifts in gender equality and suicide: A panel study of changes over time in 87 countries.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Increasing gender equality remains an imperative for countries and organisations worldwide, and is associated with the improved life outcomes of men and women. Unlike many health and wellbeing indicators, death by suicide is more common among men, but suicidal behaviours are more common among women. Understanding of the relationship between gender equality and suicide is inchoate, and limited to cross-sectional work. We sought to address this gap by examining within-country changes in gender equality over time, in relation to suicide rates. METHODS:Data from 87 countries for the years 2006-2016 were used in this analysis. Gender Equality was measured using the Gender Gap Index (GGI), produced by the World Economic Forum. Male and female suicide rates came from the World Health Organization. Fixed and random-effects unbalanced panel regression models were used, adjusting for: GDP/capita; population; urban/rural ratio; number of children/person;% unemployed; year. Models were stratified by gender. RESULTS:Increasing within-country gender equality was associated with a significant reduction in suicide rates for women (Coef. -7.08, 95% CI -12.35 to -1.82, p = 0.009). For men, there was insufficient evidence that increasing within-country gender equality was associated with reduced within-country suicide rates (Coef. -5.76, 95% CI -19.40 to 7.86, p = 0.403). LIMITATIONS:The reporting and collection of suicide data is known to vary across countries. CONCLUSION:There is evidence that within-country increases in gender equality are associated with significant reductions in within-country suicide-rates for women. More research is needed to understand the drivers of these associations.

journal_name

J Affect Disord

authors

Milner A,Scovelle AJ,Hewitt B,Maheen H,Ruppanner L,King TL

doi

10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.105

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-11-01 00:00:00

pages

495-500

eissn

0165-0327

issn

1573-2517

pii

S0165-0327(20)32550-7

journal_volume

276

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