An Exploration of the Labor, Financial, and Economic Factors Related to Suicide in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data
2.2. Statistical Analysis
2.3. Interpretation of Risk Factors for Suicide
3. Results
3.1. Annual Data for the Suicide Rate, the Unemployment Rate, the Rate of Increase in the CPI, Total Exports, and Total Imports during the 20 Year Period from 2000 to 2019
3.2. The Correlations between the Suicide Rate and (a) the Unemployment Rate, (b) the Rate of Increase in the CPI, (c) Total Exports, and (d) Total Imports
3.3. The Relationships between the Suicide Rate and (a) the Unemployment Rate, (b) the Rate of Increase in the CPI, (c) Total Exports, and (d) Total Imports
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Overall | Males | Females | |
---|---|---|---|
Unemployment rate | r = 0.833, p < 0.001 | r = 0.846, p < 0.001 | r = 0.742, p < 0.001 |
Rate of increase in the consumer price index | r = 0.217, p = 0.358 | r = 0.214, p = 0.365 | r = 0.233, p = 0.323 |
Total exports | r = −0.602, p = 0.005 | r = −0.618, p = 0.004 | r = −0.503, p = 0.024 |
Total imports | r = −0.658, p = 0.002 | r = −0.673, p = 0.001 | r = −0.558, p = 0.011 |
Overall | Males | Females | |
---|---|---|---|
Adjusted R2 | R2 = 0.624 | R2 = 0.648 | R2 = 0.456 |
Unemployment rate (X1) | p = 0.004 | p = 0.003 | p = 0.016 |
Rate of increase in the consumer price index (X2) | p = 0.954 | p = 0.980 | p = 0.813 |
Total exports (X3) | p = 0.719 | p = 0.727 | p = 0.714 |
Total imports (X4) | p = 0.916 | p = 0.910 | p = 0.950 |
(a) | |||
Overall | y = 3.3067X1 + 0.0208X2 + 6.2101 × 10−5X3 − 4.0516 × 10−5X4 + 6.015 | ||
Males | y = 6.0240X1 + 0.0162X2 + 0.0001X3 − 7.5825×10−5X4 + 8.235 | ||
Females | y = 0.8096X1 + 0.0263X2 + 1.9521×10-5X3 − 7.4097 × 10−6X4 + 3.779 | ||
(b) |
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Inoue, K.; Seksenbayev, N.; Chaizhunusova, N.; Moldagaliyev, T.; Ospanova, N.; Tokesheva, S.; Zhunussov, Y.T.; Takeichi, N.; Noso, Y.; Hoshi, M.; et al. An Exploration of the Labor, Financial, and Economic Factors Related to Suicide in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6992. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136992
Inoue K, Seksenbayev N, Chaizhunusova N, Moldagaliyev T, Ospanova N, Tokesheva S, Zhunussov YT, Takeichi N, Noso Y, Hoshi M, et al. An Exploration of the Labor, Financial, and Economic Factors Related to Suicide in the Republic of Kazakhstan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(13):6992. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136992
Chicago/Turabian StyleInoue, Ken, Nursultan Seksenbayev, Nailya Chaizhunusova, Timur Moldagaliyev, Nargul Ospanova, Sholpan Tokesheva, Yersin T. Zhunussov, Nobuo Takeichi, Yoshihiro Noso, Masaharu Hoshi, and et al. 2021. "An Exploration of the Labor, Financial, and Economic Factors Related to Suicide in the Republic of Kazakhstan" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13: 6992. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136992