Table 2.
Results by Age group.
| 10–19 |
20–29 |
30–39 |
40–49 |
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| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
| Dependent Variable: Suicides per 100,000 people | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) |
| Uncertainty | 0.27 | 0.79 | −0.30 | 6.12∗∗∗ | 9.28∗∗∗ | 2.64 | 5.63∗∗∗ | 6.79∗∗∗ | 4.62∗∗∗ | 5.20∗∗∗ | 8.01∗∗∗ | 2.48∗ |
| (−0.50 to 1.04) | (−0.44 to 2.02) | (−1.21 to 0.61) | (2.81 to 9.43) | (3.74 to 14.83) | (−0.75 to 6.04) | (2.74 to 8.53) | (1.79 to 11.79) | (1.75 to 7.49) | (2.27 to 8.12) | (2.84 to 13.18) | (−0.35 to 5.32) | |
| Unemployment rate | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.02∗ | −0.03 | −0.12∗ | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.07∗ | 0.11∗ | 0.04 |
| (−0.01 to 0.02) | (−0.04 to 0.02) | (−0.00 to 0.04) | (−0.11 to 0.05) | (−0.25 to 0.02) | (−0.02 to 0.15) | (−0.05 to 0.10) | (−0.09 to 0.15) | (−0.05 to 0.09) | (−0.00 to 0.14) | (−0.02 to 0.23) | (−0.03 to 0.11) | |
| Constant | −1.10 | −3.45 | 1.47 | −27.64∗∗∗ | −42.04∗∗∗ | −11.80 | −25.30∗∗∗ | −30.13∗∗ | −21.20∗∗∗ | −23.03∗∗∗ | −35.55∗∗∗ | −11.02 |
| (−4.77 to 2.56) | (−9.33 to 2.43) | (−2.87 to 5.81) | (−43.44 to −11.85) | (−68.50 to −15.58) | (−27.98 to 4.39) | (−39.12 to −11.48) | (−54.00 to −6.26) | (−34.90 to −7.51) | (−36.97 to −9.08) | (−60.23 to −10.88) | (−24.53 to 2.48) | |
| Observations | 6204 | 6201 | 6165 | 6204 | 6201 | 6165 | 6204 | 6201 | 6165 | 6204 | 6201 | 6165 |
| N of Prefectures | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.006 | 0.000 | −0.005 | 0.050 | 0.031 | 0.019 | 0.088 | 0.056 | 0.038 | 0.157 | 0.135 | 0.027 |
| F-value | 1.639 | 1.360 | 1.127 | 3.816 | 2.837 | 2.246 | 5.883 | 4.147 | 3.191 | 10.12 | 8.650 | 2.632 |
| Degrees of Freedom | 6025 | 6022 | 5986 | 6025 | 6022 | 5986 | 6025 | 6022 | 5986 | 6025 | 6022 | 5986 |
|
50–59 |
60–69 |
70–79 |
80- |
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| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
| Dependent Variable: Suicides per 100,000 people | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | (21) | (22) | (23) | (24) |
| Uncertainty | 11.43∗∗∗ | 20.37∗∗∗ | 2.50 | 8.85∗∗∗ | 11.96∗∗∗ | 5.91∗∗∗ | 6.33∗∗∗ | 8.68∗∗∗ | 4.61∗∗∗ | 8.17∗∗∗ | 18.04∗∗∗ | 3.35∗ |
| (8.25 to 14.62) | (14.75 to 25.99) | (−0.59 to 5.60) | (6.10 to 11.61) | (7.19 to 16.72) | (3.04 to 8.78) | (3.14 to 9.51) | (3.06 to 14.30) | (1.10 to 8.11) | (4.46 to 11.88) | (9.86 to 26.23) | (−0.34 to 7.04) | |
| Unemployment rate | 0.08∗∗ | 0.16∗∗ | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.12∗∗ | −0.01 | 0.04 | 0.10 | −0.00 | −0.10∗∗ | −0.24∗∗ | −0.02 |
| (0.01 to 0.16) | (0.03 to 0.30) | (−0.07 to 0.08) | (−0.02 to 0.12) | (0.01 to 0.24) | (−0.08 to 0.06) | (−0.04 to 0.12) | (−0.04 to 0.24) | (−0.09 to 0.08) | (−0.19 to −0.01) | (−0.44 to −0.04) | (−0.11 to 0.07) | |
| Constant | −52.68∗∗∗ | −94.45∗∗∗ | −10.92 | −40.73∗∗∗ | −54.82∗∗∗ | −27.39∗∗∗ | −28.82∗∗∗ | −39.57∗∗∗ | −21.01∗∗ | −37.01∗∗∗ | −82.62∗∗∗ | −14.81∗ |
| (−67.86 to −37.50) | (−121.25 to −67.65) | (−25.68 to 3.85) | (−53.87 to −27.58) | (−77.56 to −32.09) | (−41.08 to −13.70) | (−44.01 to −13.62) | (−66.39 to −12.74) | (−37.71 to −4.30) | (−54.70 to −19.31) | (−121.68 to −43.56) | (−32.41 to 2.80) | |
| Observations | 6204 | 6201 | 6165 | 6204 | 6201 | 6165 | 6204 | 6201 | 6165 | 6204 | 6201 | 6165 |
| N of Prefectures | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.193 | 0.186 | 0.015 | 0.204 | 0.168 | 0.051 | 0.111 | 0.068 | 0.047 | 0.087 | 0.037 | 0.058 |
| F-value | 12.60 | 12.08 | 2.049 | 13.40 | 10.86 | 3.844 | 7.190 | 4.776 | 3.669 | 5.838 | 3.166 | 4.241 |
| Degrees of Freedom | 6025 | 6022 | 5986 | 6025 | 6022 | 5986 | 6025 | 6022 | 5986 | 6025 | 6022 | 5986 |
Notes: Fixed Effects Panel Data. Uncertainty in natural logarithm. Year-month dummies included. Confidence intervals in parentheses. ∗∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗p < 0.05, ∗p < 0.1.