Table 4. Associations between each socioeconomic variable and suicide rates of elderly people, for 1980-97 and 1980-99 (standardized regression coefficients shown).

	Socioeconomic variable
	Job application	Public assistance	Marriage	Divorce	Persons per household
Male
Years 1980-1997
Kita-Osaka	−0.27	0.43	−0.08	−0.04	0.65**
Higashi-Osaka	−0.37	0.36	−0.45	−0.17	0.47
Minami-Kawachi	−0.45	−0.23	−0.19	−0.12	0.47
Senshu	−0.45	0.42	−0.59*	−0.55*	0.59*
Osaka city	0.26	0.57*	−0.59*	−0.36	0.65**
Years 1980-1999
Kita-Osaka	0.06	0.51*	−0.04	0.29	0.23
Higashi-Osaka	0.04	0.39	−0.42	0.08	0.10
Minami-Kawachi	−0.26	−0.18	−0.17	−0.04	0.34
Senshu	−0.27	0.42	−0.56*	−0.31	0.46
Osaka city	0.54*	0.71**	−0.43	0.31	0.11
Female
Years 1980-1997
Kita-Osaka	−0.43	0.17	0.03	0.06	0.73**
Higashi-Osaka	−0.47	0.73**	−0.48	−0.30	0.63**
Minami-Kawachi	−0.34	0.42	0	−0.08	0.35
Senshu	−0.87**	0.77**	−0.55*	−0.59*	0.89**
Osaka city	−0.30	0.21	−0.78**	0.30	0.95**
Years 1980-1999
Kita-Osaka	−0.21	0.20	0.07	0.17	0.37
Higashi-Osaka	−0.44	0.59*	−0.42	−0.26	0.58*
Minami-Kawachi	−0.37	0.36	−0.06	−0.15	0.37
Senshu	−0.85**	0.71**	−0.55*	−0.54*	0.86**
Osaka city	0.09	0.15	−0.76**	0.37	0.85**

*p < 0.05. **p < 0.01.