title: Does Gender Explain the Relationship Between Occupation and Suicide? Findings from a Meta-Analytic Study.
abstract: This report investigated whether suicide risk by occupational groups differed for males and females. We examined this using a sub-set of articles examined in a recent meta-analysis and stratified by gender. For certain occupational groups, males and females had a similar risk of suicide (the military, community service occupations, managers, and clerical workers). There was some indication of gender differences for other occupations (technicians, plant and machine operators and ship's deck crew, craft and related trades workers, and professionals), although these did not reach statistical significance. These findings highlight the complexity of the relationship between occupation and suicide and suggest the possible role of a range of individual, work-related and social-environmental risk factors that may differ for males and females.
authors.affiliation: McCaughey VicHealth Centre for Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia. allison.milner@unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Milner
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Spittal
authors.affiliation: Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pirkis
authors.affiliation: Population Health Strategic Research Centre, School of Health & Social Development, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: LaMontagne
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Gender; Meta-analysis; Occupation; Review; Suicide