Educational Attainment and Suicide Rates in the United States

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ID13666554
AutoresErnest L Abel (Departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Psychology, Wayne State University, autor correspondente), Michael Krüger (0000-0002-4996-7859, Wayne State University), Michael L Kruger (Departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Psychology, Wayne State University)
Ano2005
Volume97
Fascículo1
Páginas25-28
Data de publicação2005-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.97.1.25-28
PMID16279300
OpenAlexW1990822833
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas18

We examined the relationship between educational attainment and suicide rate in the United States for 2001. Suicide rates, adjusted for age, were compared with percentage of college graduates, median household income, and poverty in 50 states in 2001. The correlations of suicide rates with educational attainment and median household income were both negative and statistically significant. Poverty was not significantly related to suicide rates. We concluded that higher education and income were associated with a decrease in suicide rates in 2001. Data from other years require examination for this conclusion to be generalizable

Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Poverty · Poverty rate · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology