Suicide and Internal Migration in Sri Lanka
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2310926 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert N Kearney, Barbara Miller (0000-0002-9229-4004), B D Miller |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 287-304 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002190968802300305 |
| OpenAlex | W4205194952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This paper examines the rise of suicide rates in Sri Lanka in recent decades and suggests that much of the increase is attributable to the disruptions caused by increased levels of internal migration. Attention is paid to suicide rates by district, sex, and age group. It is shown that, while internal migration cannot explain completely the universal rise in suicide in Sri Lanka, there is a strong association between suicide and internal migration particularly in the Dry Zone districts where migrants comprise more than half the population in most adult-age groups
Environmental health · Geography · Internal migration · Poison control · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Sri lanka · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Demography
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2017 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |