Relationship between the Bolsa Familia national cash transfer programme and suicide incidence in Brazil: A quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic factors have been consistently associated with suicide, and economic recessions are linked to rising suicide rates. However, evidence on the impact of socioeconomic interventions to reduce suicide rates is limited. This study investigates the association of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programme with suicide rates in a cohort of half of the Brazilian population.

Methods and findings

We used data from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort, covering a 12-year period (2004 to 2015). It comprises socioeconomic and demographic information on 114,008,317 individuals, linked to the "Bolsa Família" programme (BFP) payroll database, and nationwide death registration data. BFP was implemented by the Brazilian government in 2004. We estimated the as

SUBMITTER: Machado DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9162363 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature