A Cross-National Study of the Relationship between Elderly Suicide Rates and Urbanization

Autor/in	Shah, Ajit
Titel	A Cross-National Study of the Relationship between Elderly Suicide Rates and Urbanization
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 38 (2008) 6, S.714-719 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.2008.38.6.714
Schlagwörter	Females; Suicide; Older Adults; Urban Areas; Urbanization; At Risk Persons; Correlation; Computation; Models; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Selbstmord; Älterer Erwachsener; Urban area; Stadtregion; Urbanisation; Urbanisierung; Risikogruppe; Korrelation; Analogiemodell; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	There is mixed evidence of a relationship between suicide rates in the general population and urbanization, and a paucity of studies examining this relationship in the elderly. A cross-national study with curve estimation regression model analysis, was undertaken to examine the a priori hypothesis that the relationship between elderly suicide rates and urbanization would be curvilinear and follow an inverted U-shaped curve. There was a curvilinear relationship between male suicide rates in both the elderly age-bands and the percentage of the population living in urban areas, but this was not observed in females. A three-stage sequential model was developed to explain the observed relationship between suicide rates in elderly males and urbanization. The relationship between suicide rates in elderly females and urbanization. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10