Suicide

A Comparative Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2554579
AutoresStack (0000-0002-1312-9773, Alma College, autor de correspondencia), Steven Stack
Año1978
Volumen57
Número2
Páginas644
Fecha de publicación1978-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2577687
OpenAlexW4247943273
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20

Sociological theories of suicide rates have not been systematically tested by cross-national research. This paper reports tests of three related theories of suicide (status integration, anomie, and industrialization theories) with data from 45 nations. A multiple regression analysis determined that the degree of female labor force participation, a variable in the status integration theory, was the most important correlate of suicide rates. A preliminary analysis of sex-specific suicide rates demonstrates that female labor force participation is most closely associated with male suicide, indicating that married males may experience more role conflict from their wives working than the wives themselves

Anomie · Criminology · Demographic economics · Economics · Industrialisation · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies