SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE RATES AMONG U.S. INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE AREAS: THE INCOME INEQUALITY HYPOTHESIS

1 January 1996

journal article
Published by Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd in Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal

Vol. 24 (4) , 365-366
https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1996.24.4.365

Abstract

Analysis of data for all 12 U.S. Indian Health Service (IHS) areas yielded a significant Spearman's correlation coefficient of .65 between absolute poverty and suicide and a significant Rho of .52 with homicide rates. Nonsignificant correlation coefficients were found for relative poverty and suicide and homicide rates. Implications for the income inequality hypothesis are discussed.

Keywords

SUICIDE
INEQUALITY HYPOTHESIS
INDIAN HEALTH
SERVICE AREAS
INCOME INEQUALITY
HOMICIDE RATES

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