Suicide in Rural Areas
The Case of Japan 1960-19801
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2281060 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Satomi Kurosu (0000-0001-9341-0356, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 603-618 |
| Publication date | 1991-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-0112 • E-ISSN: 1549-0831 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1991.tb00448.x |
| OpenAlex | W2055273644 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 22 |
Rural suicide rates are higher than urban suicide rates in industrialized Japan in contrast to the traditional pattern of higher urban suicide rates found in the West. The pattern is attributed to areal differences in social disintegration. This explanation is operationalized for Japan and tested empirically using data (1979-1981) on 47 prefectures. Higher suicide rates are observed in areas with a sparse population, a stagnant economy, and a population over-represented by elderly people. The explanatory power of the structural variables in the present study is also tested for each decade since 1960. These variables are found to be increasingly effective in predicting suicide rates as industrialization proceeds. Variation in social integration, rather than the degree of industrialization and urbanization, is the key to understanding the differentials in suicide rates
Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Explanatory power · Geography · Industrialisation · Operationalization · Poison control · Political science · Population · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Urbanization · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine
A Review of the Literature on Rural Suicide
Interpretations of Elder Suicide, Stress, and Dependency among Rural Japanese
Neighborhood farm density, types of agriculture, and depressive symptoms among older farmers
The Influence of Isolation on Stress and Suicide in Rural Areas
Urbanization and rural depletion in modern Japan
Intergenerational Ambivalence, Power, and Perceptions of Elder Suicide in Rural Japan
The Oddness of Things
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Three sociological traditions
The Microfoundations of macrosociology
Suicide in Japan
The Effects of Interstate Migration On Suicide
The Psychopathology of Suicide in Japan
Durkheim's Theory of Suicide as Applied to the Family
Suicide, Homicide, and Economic Development
Suicide
Relationship of 1977 State Suicide Rates to Population Increases and Immigration
Contemporary Social Problems
Changing Divorce in Japan
A Theory of Status Integration and Its Relationship to Suicide
Testing the Theory of Status Integration and Suicide Rates
The Dilemma and Strategies of Aging among Contemporary Japanese Women
Suicide
Suicide in America
Suicide in Minneapolis, Minnesota
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2021 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |