title: Korean Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey: Association Between Part-time Employment and Suicide Attempts.
abstract: This study investigated the association between in-school students' part-time work and 1-year suicide attempts in Korea. The authors analyzed Korean Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance data (2008), which included 75 238 samples that represent Korean middle and high school students. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between part-time work and suicide attempt during the past 1 year, controlled by sociodemographic, school-related, lifestyle, and psychological factors. Among high school students, there was no association between part-time work and suicide attempts. However, part-time work was associated with suicide attempts significantly among middle school students (odds ratio = 1.59; 95% confidence interval = 1.37-1.83). Despite the limitation that details of the part-time work were not included in this study, it was found that middle school students' part-time work may increase suicide attempts, and the circumstances of Korean adolescents' employment, especially that of younger adolescents, would need to be reconsidered to prevent their suicide attempts.
authors.affiliation: The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.affiliation: The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea y1693@catholic.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Hyeon Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.affiliation: Seoul Mental Health Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Myung-Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyunsuk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Chul
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: adolescent; employment; mental health; suicide; work