Changes in suicide rates in disaster-stricken areas following the Great East Japan Earthquake and their effect on economic factors: an ecological study

Table 3 Univariate regression analysis between suicide rates and economic variables

	Number of bankruptcy case per 100,000 populations				Ratio of effective job offers
	Pre-disaster (2009.3–2011.2)		Post-disaster (2011.3–2013.2)		Pre-disaster (2009.3–2011.2)		Post-disaster (2011.3–2013.2)
	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value
Men
Disaster-stricken areas	0.037	0.862	0.325	0.121	−0.234	0.272	−0.200	0.348
Neighboring (control) areas	0.046	0.832	*0.411*	*0.046*	−0.032	0.882	*−0.467*	*0.022*
Women
Disaster-stricken areas	0.206	0.333	0.358	0.086	0.175	0.413	−0.271	0.201
Neighboring (control) areas	−0.180	0.399	0.327	0.119	−0.137	0.522	−0.043	0.841

β Standardized partial regression coefficient, Disaster-stricken areas Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, Neighboring (control) areas Aomori, Akita, and Yamagata
Italic: p < 0.05

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