University of Texas: Unmet Job Expectations Linked to a Rise in Suicide, Deaths of Despair
December 02, 2020
December 02, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 2 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:
Declines in blue-collar jobs may have left some working-class men frustrated by unmet job expectations and more likely to suffer an early death by suicide or drug poisoning, according to a study led by sociologists at The University of Texas at Austin.
In the study, the researchers compared life outcomes of 11,680 men to the job expectations they held as high school seniors in t . . .
Declines in blue-collar jobs may have left some working-class men frustrated by unmet job expectations and more likely to suffer an early death by suicide or drug poisoning, according to a study led by sociologists at The University of Texas at Austin.
In the study, the researchers compared life outcomes of 11,680 men to the job expectations they held as high school seniors in t . . .