Association Between Community Social Capital and Suicide Mortality in Rural Areas of Japan: An Evaluation of Temporal Changes

Table 3: The association between temporal changes in social cohesion, social participation of older people and suicide SMR in multiple linear regression analysis.

-	-	Male		Female
-	Temporal change*	β	P	β	P
Suicide SMR	-	-	-	-	-
Male	0.79	-	-	-	-
Female	0.63	-	-	-	-
Social cohesion**	1.2	0.18	0.053	-0.08	0.4
Social participation of older people**	0.87	-0.7	0.04	-0.18	0.6

Note: * Temporal change was calculated as the scales of the later period divided by the scales of the earlier period. **Adjusted by the temporal change in population density, proportion of older people, annual divorce rate, unemployment rate, and proportion of workers engaged in primary industries.