Table 3 Spearman’s rank correlations between census-derived socioeconomic factors and suicide rates over time for Sri Lanka's 25 districts
Census-derived factors (Spearman’s correlation, rs (p-value)) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Years | Population densitya | Migrationb | Unemploymentc | % Tamil |
1953–5 | −0.10 (0.697) | - | - | 0.19 (0.437) |
1971–2 | −0.40 (0.073) | 0.16 (0.487) | −0.55 (0.008) | 0.30 (0.171) |
1980–1 | −0.65 (<0.001) | 0.36 (0.084) | −0.62 (0.001) | 0.09 (0.665) |
2011 | −0.49 (0.012) | 0.12 (0.578) | −0.08 (0.707) | −0.02 (0.916) |