Table 2 Estimated influences of government expenditures on suicide rates by sex and age
From: Government spending, recession, and suicide: evidence from Japan
(1) Male 20–39 | (2) Male 40–64 | (3) Male 65- | (4) Female 20–39 | (5) Female 40–64 | (6) Female 65- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Log of government expenditures per capita | −0.017 | − 0.246 | 0.069 | 0.188 | −0.207 | − 0.043 |
(−0.183, 0.150) | (− 0.428, − 0.063) | (− 0.080, 0.219) | (− 0.292, 0.669) | (− 0.383, − 0.032) | (− 0.322, 0.237) | |
Unemployment rate | 0.014 | 0.023 | 0.062 | −0.057 | − 0.007 | − 0.008 |
(− 0.039, 0.067) | (− 0.017, 0.063) | (0.020, 0.105) | (− 0.110, − 0.004) | (− 0.078, 0.064) | (− 0.080, 0.064) | |
Log of income per capita | −0.266 | − 0.173 | −0.109 | − 0.183 | − 0.236 | 0.604 |
(−0.988, 0.457) | (− 0.673, 0.327) | (− 0.630, 0.413) | (− 1.245, 0.879) | (− 1.143, 0.671) | (− 0.068, 1.276) | |
Fiscal strength index | − 0.026 | 0.038 | 0.107 | − 0.518 | − 0.055 | − 0.397 |
(− 0.323, 0.271) | (− 0.298, 0.375) | (− 0.146, 0.359) | (−1.245, 0.208) | (− 0.494, 0.383) | (− 1.078, 0.283) | |
Log of population size | 1.396 | 3.446 | 1.881 | 10.457 | 0.976 | 2.042 |
(−3.959, 6.750) | (−0.267, 7.160) | (−2.597, 6.360) | (−0.311, 21.225) | (−5.407, 7.359) | (−2.602, 6.686) | |
Percent under 14 | 0.149 | −0.045 | −0.095 | 0.170 | −0.005 | − 0.233 |
(−0.061, 0.360) | (− 0.185, 0.095) | (− 0.289, 0.100) | (−0.160, 0.500) | (− 0.244, 0.233) | (− 0.436, − 0.029) | |
Percent over 65 | 0.154 | 0.044 | 0.017 | 0.049 | −0.023 | 0.046 |
(−0.012, 0.319) | (−0.085, 0.174) | (− 0.106, 0.139) | (− 0.176, 0.275) | (−0.215, 0.170) | (− 0.096, 0.189) | |
Prefecture fixed effect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Year fixed effect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Prefecture-specific liner trend | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
N of observations | 658 | 658 | 658 | 658 | 658 | 658 |
R squared | 0.342 | 0.825 | 0.405 | 0.262 | 0.269 | 0.448 |