Suicide among Carpenters

A Multivariate Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID13629183
AuthorsStack (0000-0002-1312-9773, Wayne State University, corresponding author), Steven Stack (Wayne State University)
Year1999
Volume39
Issue3
Pages229-232
Publication date1999-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/fbn1-533n-lxv0-23a9
OpenAlexW2001340850
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

Previous Work On Broad Occupational Groups Has Noted That Suicide Rates Are Higher Among Manual Workers Than Nonmanual Workers. However, it is not clear if this is due to occupational strains per se, or the covariates of manual worker status such as gender, and marital strain. The present study explores suicide risk among a group of skilled manual workers: carpenters. Data are taken from the U.S. Public Health Service Annual Mortality Detail File tapes for 1990. A bivariate analysis finds that carpenters are 1.996 times more likely than the rest of the working age population to die of suicide. However, once controls are introduced for gender, race, marital status and other socio-demographic variables, carpenters are only 1.15 times more at risk of suicide than the working age population. The results are consistent with those of an earlier study of laborers. While working class occupations are marked by suicide risk, the risk may be due more to the covariates of these occupations than the occupations themselves

Bivariate analysis · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Marital status · Multivariate analysis · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Population · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Demography · Economic, Social, and Health Studies · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology

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