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: Suicide
Source
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 Analysis
Discussion
Other Notes:
Results obtained remained even after adjusting for socioeconomic and demographic variables
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