Marital status, sex, and suicide

New longitudinal findings and Durkheim's marital status propositions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2155658
AutoresA J Kposowa (0000-0002-7509-7957, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA;, autor de correspondencia), Dina Aly Ezzat (Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA;), K D Breault (0000-0002-2735-8112, Middle Tennessee State University)
Año2020
Volumen40
Número2
Páginas81-98
Fecha de publicación2020-03-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02732173.2020.1758261
OpenAlexW3021742519
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas63

The purpose of the paper was to use new longitudinal data to investigate the impact of marital status on suicide, and test Durkheim’s marital status propositions. Previous research found marital status was associated with suicide, but some studies neglected sex, most of the research was cross-sectional, and divorce and separated statuses were often combined. Data were obtained from the latest release of the U.S. National Longitudinal Mortality Study (NLMS), consisting of the largest U.S. sample of suicide victims, 2,013 out of 1.5 million persons. Proportional hazards and logistic regression models were fitted to the NLMS data based on follow-up from 1990 to 2011. Results showed that when combined, the divorced and separated were over 88% more likely to suicide than the married (ARR = 1.886, CI = 1.649, 2.156). When split, the divorced had suicide risk that was over 97% higher than that of the married (ARR = 1.973, CI = 1.711, 2.274). Separated individuals experienced suicide risk that was nearly 52% greater than that of the married (ARR = 1.515, CI = 1.130, 2.037). The Mountain and southern census divisions had higher suicide risks than New England. Discussion focused mainly on Durkheim’s theory of suicide

Environmental health · Logistic regression · Longitudinal data · Longitudinal study · Marital status · Poison control · Population · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicide Risk · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies