The culture of suicide through societal integration and religion: 1996-1998 gender-specific suicide rates in 50 American states

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-285

  Cutright, Philips ^a   Fernquist, Robert M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Regional suicide rates; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544371097     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110490436936     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Allison, P. D. (1999). Multiple regression: A primer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
2. American Religion Data Archive. (1990). Churches and church membership in the United States, 1990. http://www.arda.tm/archive/CMS90ST.html.
3. Breault, K. D. (1994). Was Durkhiem right? A critical survey of the empirical literature on Le Suicide. In D.Lester (Ed.), Emile Durkheim Le Suicide: One hundred years later (pp. 11-29). Philadelphia, PA: The Charles Press.
4. Conner, K. R., Duberstein, P. R., Conwell, Y. et al. (2001). Psychological vulnerability to completed suicide: A review of empirical studies. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 31, 367-385.
5. Cutright, P. & Fernquist, R. M. (2000a). The effects of societal integration, period, region and the culture of suicide on male age-specific suicide rates: 20 developed countries, 1955-1989. Social Science Research, 29, 148-172.
6. Cutright, P., & Fernquist, R. M. (2000b). Societal integration, culture, and period: Their impact on female age-specific suicide rates in 20 developed countries, 1955-1994. Sociological Focus, 33, 299-319.
7. Cutright, P., & Fernquist, R. M. (2000c). Firearms and suicide: The American experience. Death Studies, 24, 705-719.
8. Cutright, P., & Fernquist, R. M. (2001a). The relative gender gap in suicide: Societal integration, the culture of suicide, and period effects in 20 developed countries, 1955-1994. Social Science Research, 30, 76-99.
9. Cutright, P., & Fernquist R. M. (2001b). The age structure of male suicide rates: Measurement and analysis of 20 developed countries, 1955-1994. Social Science Research, 30, 627-640.
10. Danigelis, N., & Pope, W. (1979). Durkheim's theory of suicide as applied to the family. An empirical test. Social Forces, 57, 1081-1106.
11. Durkheim, E. (1951). Suicide: A study in sociology. Glencoe, IL: The Free Press. (Originally published 1897).
12. General Social Survey. (1999). GSSDIRS General Social Survey. www.icpsr.umich.edu/gss99.
13. Glejser, H. (1969). A new test for heteroscedasticity. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 64, 316-323.
14. Hollinger, P. C. (1987). Violent deaths in the United States. New York: Guilford Press.
15. Jamison, K. R. (1999). Night falls fast: Understanding suicide. New York: A. A. Knopf.
16. Kachur, S. P., Potter, L. B., James, S. P. et al. (1995). Suicide in the United States, 1980-1992. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Violence Surveillance Summary Series, No. 1.
17. National Center for Health Statistics. (1996). Vital Statistics of the United States, Vol 3. U.S. Government Printing Office, Hyattsville, M.D.
18. NCIPC. (2000). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html.
19. Rich, C. I., Warsradt, G. M., Nemiroff, R. A. et al. (1991). Suicide, stressors, and the life cycle. American Journal of Psychiatry, 148, 524-527.
20. Robins, E. (1981). The final months. New York: Oxford University Press.
21. Rosenfeld, R. (2000). Tracing the Brady's Act connection with homicide and suicide trends. Journal of the American Medical Association, 284, 616-619.
22. Stack, S. (1997). A comparative analysis of the effect of domestic institutions on suicidology. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 28, 304-319.
23. Stack, S. (1998). Gender, marriage, and suicide acceptability: A comparative approach. Sex Roles, 38, 501-520.
24. Stack, S. (2000). Suicide: A 15-year review of the sociological literature part I: Cultural and economic factors. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 30, 145-162.
25. Thornton, R. (1981). Demographic antecedents of a revitalization movement: Population change, population size, and the 1890 ghost dance. American Sociological Review, 46, 88-96.
26. U. S. Census Bureau. (1978). City and county data book. 1977. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.
27. U. S. Census Bureau. (1995). Selected place of birth and migration statistics, 1990. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.
28. U. S. Census Bureau. (1998). State and metropolitan area data book. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.
29. U. S. Census Bureau. (1999). Statistical abstract of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.
30. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. (1996). Vital statistics of the United States. Vol. 2, Pt. A, Section 1- General Mortality. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.