Citation

Lindström M, Rosvall M. Public Health 2018; 163: 42-45.

Affiliation

Social Medicine and Health Policy, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, S-205 02 Malmö, Sweden; Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.puhe.2018.06.014

PMID

30059807

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between economic stress in childhood and suicide thoughts and attempts. STUDY DESIGN: The 2012 public health survey in Scania, Sweden, is a cross-sectional postal questionnaire study including 28,029 participants, aged 18-80 years.

METHODS: Associations were analyzed in logistic regressions.

RESULTS: A 12.1% prevalence of men and 15.5% of women had ever experienced suicide thoughts, while 3.2% of men and 5.3% of women had experienced suicide attempt. Roughly 24% had experienced less severe and 8% severe economic problems in childhood. Significant associations between economic stress in childhood and suicide thoughts and attempts remained throughout the age-adjusted and multiple adjusted analyses.

CONCLUSIONS: Economic stress in childhood is associated with self-reported suicide thoughts and suicide attempts in an adult general population.

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Language: en

Keywords

Economic stress; Suicide; Sweden