Item #661
Divorced/separated men (but not single/widowed men) are >2x more likely to commit suicide than married men. Among women, there are no statistically significant differentials in the risk of suicide by marital status categories.
Topic: SuicideSource
Citation: Marital Status and Suicide in the National Longitudinal Mortality Study Author(s): Kposowa Institution(s): University of California, Riverside Link: http://faculty.ucr.edu/~kposowa/Status.pdf Nation(s): United States Year(s): 2000 Source: Primary Type: Statistical AnalysisDiscussion
Other Notes:Results obtained remained even after adjusting for socioeconomic and demographic variables