An analysis in the South China Morning Post pointed out that most of Hong Kong's child suicides happen in small families, living in high-rise blocks, with both parents going out to work.
根據報導，比起先進國家如英美、紐澳或日本，香港年輕人自殺比例並不算高。但這個異常現象仍然引起社會震驚，學者專家紛紛尋找原因。南華早報的一篇報導分析，這些孩子多半來自小家庭，雙親上班、住在高層國宅。