Fertility and Suicide Rates: A Time Series Analysis in the United States
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Biosocial Science
- Vol. 24 (1) , 97-102
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000006830
Abstract
Summary: In a time series study of the USA from 1933 to 1984, fertility rates were associated with the suicide rates of those aged 15–44. The higher the fertility rate the lower the suicide rate for these age groups, for both whites and non-whites, and for both men and women. The results were seen as supporting Durkheim's theory of suicide.Keywords
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