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. 1991 Dec;25(4):519-23.
doi: 10.3109/00048679109064445.

The relationship between divorce, unemployment and female participation in the labour force and suicide rates in Australia and America

D Lester  1 , B Yang
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The relationship between divorce, unemployment and female participation in the labour force and suicide rates in Australia and America

D Lester et al. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1991 Dec.

Abstract

Identical data sets for Australia and the USA from 1946 to 1984 were analysed to explore the association of unemployment rates, female participation in the labour force and divorce with suicide rates. While female participation in the labour force was related to suicide rates in Australia, unemployment was not. For the USA, both female participation in the labour force and unemployment were related to suicide rates.

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