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

Table 4 Multiple regression analysis between suicide rates and economic variables

	Pre-disaster (2009.3–2011.2)					Post-disaster (2011.3–2013.2)
	Number of bankruptcy case per 100,000 populations		Ratio of effective job offers		R ²	Number of bankruptcy case per 100,000 populations		Ratio of effective job offers		R ²
	β	p-value	β	p-value	R ²	β	p-value	β	p-value	R ²
Men
Disaster-stricken areas	0.181	0.450	−0.316	0.193	0.080	0.291	0.207	−0.086	0.705	0.112
Neighboring (control) areas	0.062	0.790	−0.051	0.825	0.004	*0.386*	*0.038*	− *0.445*	*0.018*	*0.366*
Women
Disaster-stricken areas	0.160	0.510	0.103	0.671	0.051	0.297	0.189	−0.154	0.490	0.148
Neighboring (control) areas	−0.152	0.506	−0.090	0.693	0.040	0.325	0.130	−0.024	0.907	0.107

β Standardised partial regression coefficient, R ² coefficient of determination, Disaster-stricken areas Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, Neighboring (control) areas Aomori, Akita, and Yamagata
Italic: p < 0.05

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