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Study: austerity driving Greeks to commit suicide
22/04/2014 - 17:14
A direct link ties government austerity measures to a sharp rise in male suicides, according to research carried out at the University of Portsmouth.
Researchers say that for every 1% decline in government spending in Greece, there was a 0.43% rise in suicides among men. Between 2009 and 2010, 551 Greek men killed themselves "solely because of fiscal austerity", one of the co-authors of the study, Nikolaos Antonakakis told The Guardian...
Study: austerity driving Greeks to commit suicide
22/04/2014 - 17:14
A direct link ties government austerity measures to a sharp rise in male suicides, according to research carried out at the University of Portsmouth.
Researchers say that for every 1% decline in government spending in Greece, there was a 0.43% rise in suicides among men. Between 2009 and 2010, 551 Greek men killed themselves "solely because of fiscal austerity", one of the co-authors of the study, Nikolaos Antonakakis told The Guardian...