SNAP participation correlates with lower suicide rates, especially in males.

Oncefa2 · 2020-01-01T13:59:21+00:00

Higher participation in SNAP (food stamps) is associated with lower overall and male suicide rates. "Increasing SNAP participation by one standard deviation (4.5% of the state population) during the study period could have saved the lives of approximately 31,600 people overall and 24,800 men."

If I'm reading this correctly, it provides another data point about male suicide being related to disadvantages that men face in society. Ie, it's not because men are more violent.

Men are given a bad lot in life and there isn't enough support out there to help them. The result is a disproportionately high suicide rate.

vorhex · 2020-01-01T21:21:26+00:00

So rightwing libertarianism is actively contributing to the male suicide crisis, yet it appears that the majority of people who call themselves men’s rights activities support right libertarianism.

srsh10392 · 2020-01-01T16:53:48+00:00

Lot of chains got nuked there, was there an MRA/radfem brigade lol?

Title	SNAP participation correlates with lower suicide rates, especially in males.
Author	Thunderpuddle
Upvotes	35
Comments	13
Date	January 1, 2020 1:44 AM UTC (6 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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