The Impact of Student Loan Debt and Student Loan Delinquency on Total, Sex-, and Age-specific Suicide Rates during the Great Recession
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2291890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roderick W Jones (Western Kentucky University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 677-702 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soin.12278 |
| OpenAlex | W2927696216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 43 |
In 2012, the outstanding student loan balance in the United States surpassed $1 trillion, and between 2005 and 2012, the student loan delinquency rate increased by 77 percent. Simultaneously, by the end of the 2005-2012 time period, the total suicide rate in the United States reached the highest levels in more than a decade. To investigate the recent trends in student loans and suicide, this paper examined the association between state-level student loan debt, student loan delinquency, and total, age-, and sex-specific suicide rates. The study used a hybrid (decompositional) longitudinal regression approach to examine the relationship between student loan debt, delinquency, and suicide rates during the 2005-2012 time period. The results showed student loan delinquency had a positive and significant effect on several of the suicide rates examined within states but had no effect on suicide rates between states net of controls. The results also showed student loan debt had a significant and negative association with suicide for people ages 20-24 and 25-34
Criminology · Debt · Demographic economics · Economics · Juvenile delinquency · Loan · Macroeconomics · Medical emergency · Poison control · Recession · Sociology · Student debt · Student loan · Suicide prevention · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Finance · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |