Evaluating the impact of actual suicide and suicide news reporting of other newspapers on the reportage of suicide news of United Daily, China Times and Apple Daily, respectively, in the following day†
| Explanatory variables | Dependent variable | ||
| United Daily | China Times | Apple Daily | |
| Number of suicides (one day prior) | 0.044 (0.006)*** | 0.035 (0.006)*** | 0.037 (0.009)*** |
| Suicide news reporting | |||
| United Daily | 0.022 (0.014)+ | −0.010 (0.015) | −0.016 (0.021) |
| China Times | 0.006 (0.017) | 0.033 (0.015)* | −0.030 (0.020) |
| Apple Daily | 0.017 (0.021) | 0.090 (0.022)*** | 0.065 (0.028)* |
+p=0.1, *p<0.05, ***p<0.0001 (2-sided).
† With adjustments for days of the week, month of the year, and unemployment and divorce rates.