Female labor force participation and suicide

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1847-1859

  Burr, Jeffrey A ^a   McCall, Patricia L ^b   Powell Griner, Eve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Role conflict; Role enhancement; Sex; Suicide; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0030995479     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00294-8     Document Type: Article

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