Gender equality and the sex differential in suicide rates using gender-age standardized data
- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Archives of Suicide Research
- Vol. 5 (4) , 255-260
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13811119908258336
Abstract
Using crude suicide rates, Lester (1994) reports that occupational segregation and gender egalitarianism are not significantly related to the sex differential in suicide rates, male suicide rates, and female suicide rates in 24 countries. Using a gender-age standardized version of Lester's data, occupational segregation is significantly related to all four dependent variables, and gender egalitarianism is significantly related to two of the four dependent variables.Keywords
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