Table 3. Regression analysis of the SMRs of suicide and economic variables and the proportion of elderly people in Japan, 1995-2000 (standardized regression coefficients shown).

Independent variable	calendar year
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
			male
Job-Aa	0.24	0.20	0.36**	0.33**	0.42**	0.37**
Incomeb	−0.08	−0.26*	−0.14	0.10	−0.06	−0.12
Public-Ac	−0.40*	−0.23	−0.42**	−0.18	−0.39**	−0.31*
Bankruptcyd	0.37**	0.16	0.30*	0.34**	0.23	0.25*
Savingse	−0.43**	−0.44**	−0.43**	−0.48**	−0.52**	−0.46**
% elderlyf	0.37**	0.56**	0.41**	0.27**	0.20	0.24*
R-squareg	0.46	0.61	0.58	0.65	0.56	0.56
			female
Job-Aa	0.27	0.29	0.46**	0.55**	0.56**	0.46*
Incomeb	−0.07	−0.16	0.02	0.12	0.10	−0.05
Public-Ac	−0.54*	−0.43*	−0.43*	−0.53**	−0.44**	−0.38
Bankruptcyd	0.12	0.10	0.07	0.02	0.06	−0.08
Savingse	−0.03	−0.02	−0.05	−0.01	−0.07	−0.31
% elderlyf	0.27	0.38*	0.29*	−0.07	−0.14	0.04
R-squareg	0.11	0.16	0.23	0.25	0.19	0.15

^a Job applicants per 1,000 people aged 15 years and over

^b per workers’ household

^c Public assistance rate ; per 1,000 household

^d Number of monthly bankruptcies divided by the number of companies

^e per household

^f Proportion of people aged 65 years and over

^g Adjusted R-square

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.