Avtor/Urednik		Marušič, Andrej; Khan, Murad; Farmer, Anne
Naslov		Can the interaction of poverty and literacy explain some variability of suicide rates in Europe?
Tip		članek
Vir		Eur J Psychiatry
Vol. in št.		Letnik 16, št. 2
Leto izdaje		2002
Obseg		str. 103-7
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		The main aim of the study was to investigate whether literacy rates and gross domestic products interact in predicting national suicide rates in 33 European countries where data for all these rates are available. It resulted that high literacy rates significantly predicted high suicide rates even when controlling for gross domestic product (GDP) and age distribution (r = 0.584; p < 0.001). When the GDP per capita was added to the linear regression model, the latter improved considerably (F = 10.801; p < 0.001). We concluded that literacy rates may represent an important ecological risk factor for completed suicides. One potential mechanism for negative impact of high literacy rates could be that high literacy leads to a better understanding of impoverished social circumstances. It is also possible that literacy is just a confounding variable. For example, suicide statistics might be more reliable in countries with higher levels of literacy. Nevertheless, the striking finding that literacy and suicide rates are associated is worthy of further investigation.
Deskriptorji		SUICIDE POVERTY HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES EDUCATIONAL STATUS EUROPE