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Article: Financial debt and suicide in Hong Kong SAR

TitleFinancial debt and suicide in Hong Kong SAR
Authors
Yip, PSFYang, KCTIp, BYTLaw, YWWatson, R
Issue Date2007
PublisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0021-9029
Citation
Journal Of Applied Social Psychology, 2007, v. 37 n. 12, p. 2788-2799 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00281.x
AbstractThe presence of indebtedness is known to be a risk factor that can trigger stressed persons to contemplate suicide. This study compares the profiles of suicides with and without debt problems based on 2002 Coroner's Court death files. The category of men aged 25-39 has seen a 70% increase in suicide rate since 1997, and the number using carbon monoxide poisoning has increased from 1% of the total deaths in 1997 to about 26% of the total deaths in 2002. Suicides associated with debt problems seem to involve fewer mental and physical problems with formal job attachment than do suicides without debt problems. Gambling is a significant contributing factor to unmanageable indebtedness. © 2007 Copyright the Authors.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/87772
ISSN
0021-9029
2023 Impact Factor: 2.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.962
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000251192200003
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dc.description.abstractThe presence of indebtedness is known to be a risk factor that can trigger stressed persons to contemplate suicide. This study compares the profiles of suicides with and without debt problems based on 2002 Coroner's Court death files. The category of men aged 25-39 has seen a 70% increase in suicide rate since 1997, and the number using carbon monoxide poisoning has increased from 1% of the total deaths in 1997 to about 26% of the total deaths in 2002. Suicides associated with debt problems seem to involve fewer mental and physical problems with formal job attachment than do suicides without debt problems. Gambling is a significant contributing factor to unmanageable indebtedness. © 2007 Copyright the Authors.en_HK
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