Does Gender Explain the Relationship Between Occupation and Suicide? Findings from a Meta-Analytic Study

摘要: This report investigated whether suicide risk by occupational groups differed for males and females. We examined this using a sub-set of articles in recent meta-analysis stratified gender. For certain groups, females had similar (the military, community service occupations, managers, clerical workers). There was some indication gender differences other occupations (technicians, plant machine operators ship’s deck crew, craft related trades workers, professionals), although these did not reach statistical significance. These findings highlight the complexity relationship between occupation suggest possible role range individual, work-related social-environmental factors that may differ