Social inequalities in suicide mortality: Spain and France, 1980-1982 and 1988-1990.
In this study we analyzed the socioeconomic differences in mortality from suicide in the economically active male population aged 25-64 years in Spain and France in 1980-1982 and 1988-1990; in the case of Spain the data came from the Eight Provinces Study (Regidor, Gutierrez-Fisac, & Rodríguez, 1995). Individuals were grouped into four categories: professional/managerial, clerical/sales/ service, agricultural, and manual workers. For 1980-1982, among those aged 25-44, professionals and managers had the lowest risk of mortality in Spain, and clerical/sales/service workers in France. These socioeconomic differences in mortality increased in 1988-1990. In 1980-1982, among those aged 45-64, clerical/ sales/service workers had the lowest risk of mortality from suicide relative to the other occupational groups in both countries, but this difference was not maintained in 1988-1990. Thus, differences in suicide mortality for men by occupational status depended in the present study upon both the nation studied and the time period chosen for study.
Lostao
Lourdes
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Department of Sociology at Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona-Navarra, Spain. llostao@unavarra.es
Joiner
Thomas E
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Lester
David
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Regidor
Enrique
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Atach
Pierre
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Sandín
Bonifacio
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