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Precarious employment and the risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts

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Affiliated Author(s)
황상희
Alternative Author(s)
Hwang, Sang Hee
Journal Title
Preventive Medicine
ISSN
0091-7435
Issued Date
2015
Keyword
EmploymentSelf-destructive behaviorsSocioeconomic disparityHealth inequality
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
Although the effect of occupation or employment status on suicide risk is notable, there are few studies on the effect of precarious employment on suicide. We compared suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in precarious workers and their non-precarious counterparts using a representative sample from South Korea.

METHOD:
The 2008 Korean Community Health Survey data were used for this study. Information was obtained on 52,161 participants (41,063 employees with non-precarious work and 11,098 employees with precarious work). The outcome of the logistic regression model was the presence of suicidal thoughts and attempts, and the independent variables were the demographics, socioeconomic status, and health status.

RESULTS:
Employees with precarious work were more likely to exhibit suicidal ideation (OR=1.41; 95% CI, 1.28-1.55) and suicide attempts (OR=1.52; 95% CI, 1.02-2.27) than employees with non-precarious work. After controlling for income and education (Model 2) depressive feelings (Model 6), compared with unadjusted model, remained significant but the odds ratio was largely attenuated, indicating a strong association between suicidal risk and socioeconomic and feelings of depression.

CONCLUSION:
Precarious workers had a higher risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts than non-precarious workers. Our study suggests that precarious employment is an important risk for suicide.
KEYWORDS:
Employment; Health inequality; Self-destructive behaviors; Socioeconomic disparity
Department
Dept. of Dentistry (치과학)
Publisher
School of Medicine
Citation
Kyoung-Bok Min et al. (2015). Precarious employment and the risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Preventive Medicine, 71(.), 72–76. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.12.017
Type
Article
ISSN
0091-7435
DOI
10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.12.017
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/33696
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