Precarious employment and the risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts

Dec 24, 2014Preventive medicine

Unstable jobs linked to thoughts of suicide and suicide attempts

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Abstract

Employees with precarious work were 1.41 times more likely to experience suicidal ideation than their non-precarious counterparts.

Suicide attempts were also found to be 1.52 times more likely in precarious workers compared to non-precarious workers.
The observed associations remained significant after controlling for income and education.
Depressive feelings were linked to increased suicidal risk in precarious workers.
Socioeconomic factors may play a crucial role in the relationship between precarious employment and suicide risk.

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OBJECTIVE: Although the effect of occupation or employment status on suicide risk is notable, there are few studies on the effect of precarious employment on suicide. We compared suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in precarious workers and their non-precarious counterparts using a representative sample from South Korea.

METHOD: The 2008 Korean Community Health Survey data were used for this study. Information was obtained on 52,161 participants (41,063 employees with non-precarious work and 11,098 employees with precarious work). The outcome of the logistic regression model was the presence of suicidal thoughts and attempts, and the independent variables were the demographics, socioeconomic status, and health status.

RESULTS: Employees with precarious work were more likely to exhibit suicidal ideation (OR=1.41; 95% CI, 1.28-1.55) and suicide attempts (OR=1.52; 95% CI, 1.02-2.27) than employees with non-precarious work. After controlling for income and education (Model 2) depressive feelings (Model 6), compared with unadjusted model, remained significant but the odds ratio was largely attenuated, indicating a strong association between suicidal risk and socioeconomic and feelings of depression.

CONCLUSION: Precarious workers had a higher risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts than non-precarious workers. Our study suggests that precarious employment is an important risk for suicide.

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