Suicide and the Contemporary Woman: Are Male and Female Suicide Rates Converging?.

Steffensmeier, Renee Hoffman

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ERIC Number: EJ302190

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Publication Date: 1984

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Suicide and the Contemporary Woman: Are Male and Female Suicide Rates Converging?

Steffensmeier, Renee Hoffman

Sex Roles, v10 n7-8 p613-31 Apr 1984

Examination of White suicide rates, 1960-78, showed that: (1) suicide rates remain considerably higher for men than women; and (2) sex differences in suicide rates narrowed during the 1960s but held relatively stable during the 1970s. Explanation of these patterns involves a combination of sociohistorical and methodological factors. (CMG)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Feminism, Sex Differences, Social Change, Suicide, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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