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Fertility and Suicide Rates: A Time Series Analysis in the United States
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Fertility and Suicide Rates: A Time Series Analysis in the United States

David Lester and Bijou Yang
Journal of biosocial science, v 24(1)
Jan 1992
PMID: 1737819

Abstract

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.

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