Single and combined effects of marital status, education attainment, and employment status on suicide among working-age population: A case-control study in South Korea

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide in the working-age population is an important public health issue. This group is heterogeneous regarding marital status, education level, and employment status, which are generally important socioeconomic factors for suicide, and has a wide age range. This study aims to explore the individual and combined effect of these socioeconomic factors on suicide in different age groups among the working-age population.

Methods

This study utilized a population-based case-control design for the working-age population in South Korea. Suicide cases were identified in Korean Governmental Death Registry from 2008 to 2017, and eight controls from Korea Community Health Survey were matched to each case by gender, age group, and year of suicide. Conditional logistic regr

SUBMITTER: Choi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9550645 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature