| Summary: | 碩士 === 南華大學 === 管理經濟學系經濟學碩士班 === 97 === In the past 20 years, the suicide has become one of the top ten causes of death in Taiwan since 1997. Taiwan’s suicide rate has risen to more than 20 persons per 100 thousand people. In recent years, with global economic recession, companies are forced to close business or lay off employees that make unemployment rate rise. In this paper, the relationship between the unemployment rate, social factors and the suicide rate will be the subject of concern.
Most previous literatures researching the factors influencing suicide rate have concerned the situation of whole nationals or residents in the capital, Taipei. Those studies have neglected that the diversities of different areas and age groups may influence suicide too. For improving the understanding of the diversities of suicide, we clarify the original data provided by the Department of Health and class suicide rate of all age groups in 23 counties for the years 1987–2006. Then, we use panel data regression analysis examine the relationship between the suicide rate and the socioeconomic factors.
We found that high suicide rates have concentrated in certain age groups of certain counties. While the high unemployment rate and divorce rate have made the high suicide rate in these groups. This study will explore further the situation of a specific age group that the unemployed people status associated with suicide.
Therefore, the government should pay more attention to diversities of suicide rate in different areas and age groups. In doing so, the policies of suicide prevention would be more effectual.
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