Research findings have shown a high correlation between suicide risk and unemployment.

HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (CSRP) has announced their recent research findings that although the economy in Hong Kong is improving, unemployment rate is declining, and the suicide rate is decreasing, the unemployed are facing much heightened suicide risk than ever. It is reported that the heightened risk is more pronounced among the unemployed females. According to statistics, the relative risk, which is a ratio of the probability of the event occurring in a group versus another group, of completing suicide among the unemployed females has risen from 6.0 in 2002 to 21.0 in 2006, which is a 3.5-fold.

Professor Paul Siu-Fai Yip, Director of the CSRP, comments, "Data suggest that our local unemployed individuals are not benefiting from the recovery of Hong Kong economy. Even worse, their risks for suicide are markedly increased."

Yip suggests that since the local economy has been dropping recently and the global economic prospects are uncertain, the government and society should have the right planning and actions to prevent the suicide rate from climbing up again.