ERIC Number: EJ301814
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Publication Date: 1984
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Suicide and Economic Development among the Inupiat Eskimo.
Travis, Robert
White Cloud Journal of American Indian Mental Health, v3 n3 p14-21 1984
Reports on investigation of two culturally similar Inupiat Eskimo regions which had substantially different 1970 suicide rates. Notes that interaction of economic development and modern education was significantly associated with sharp rise in suicides in one region where depressed economic structure could not facilitate goal achievement fostered by modern education. (SB)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Economic Change, Economic Development, Education, Eskimos, Influences, Suicide
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Language: English
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