Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ363315
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Publication Date: 1987
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Cohort, Age, and Period Effects in the Analysis of U.S. Suicide Patterns: 1933-1978.
Wasserman, Ira M.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v17 n3 p179-93 Fall 1987
Examined impact of age, period, and cohort effects on United States white male suicide rates between 1933 and 1978. Employed Shazam ordinary-least-squares computer package to estimate logit coefficients for seven models. Results revealed that period effects were weaker than age and cohort effects for explaining shifts in white male suicide patterns. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cohort Analysis, History, Males, Sociocultural Patterns, Suicide, Trend Analysis, Whites
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Language: English
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