Gender and Suicide Risk among Artists: A Multivariate Analysis.

Stack, Steven

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ERIC Number: EJ548673

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Publication Date: 1996

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Gender and Suicide Risk among Artists: A Multivariate Analysis.

Stack, Steven

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v26 n4 p374-79 Win 1996

Assesses whether artists as an occupational group are more apt to die from suicide than nonartists. Analysis of data from 21 states finds that artists have a 270% higher risk of suicide than nonartists. However, after controlling for gender and sociodemographic variables, this risk level is reduced to 125%. (RJM)

Descriptors: Artists, Multivariate Analysis, Occupational Safety and Health, Rejection (Psychology), Risk, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Influences, Suicide

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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