According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2020, nearly 30 percent of middle school students who were dissatisfied with school life seriously considered committing suicide within the past 12 months. Serious suicidal thoughts increased as students became more dissatisfied with school life.
Share of middle and high school students who had serious thoughts of suicide within the past year in South Korea as of 2020, by school life satisfaction
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Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. (July 5, 2021). Share of middle and high school students who had serious thoughts of suicide within the past year in South Korea as of 2020, by school life satisfaction [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267488/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-school-satisfaction/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Share of middle and high school students who had serious thoughts of suicide within the past year in South Korea as of 2020, by school life satisfaction." Chart. July 5, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267488/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-school-satisfaction/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. (2021). Share of middle and high school students who had serious thoughts of suicide within the past year in South Korea as of 2020, by school life satisfaction. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267488/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-school-satisfaction/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Share of Middle and High School Students Who Had Serious Thoughts of Suicide within The past Year in South Korea as of 2020, by School Life Satisfaction." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267488/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-school-satisfaction/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Share of middle and high school students who had serious thoughts of suicide within the past year in South Korea as of 2020, by school life satisfaction Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267488/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-school-satisfaction/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Share of middle and high school students who had serious thoughts of suicide within the past year in South Korea as of 2020, by school life satisfaction [Graph], Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention, July 5, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267488/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-school-satisfaction/
