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Fertility and Suicide Rates: A Time Series Analysis in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

David Lester  and
Bijou Yang
David Lester
Affiliation:
Centre for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, New Jersey
Bijou Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
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Summary

In a time series study of the USA from 1933 to 1984, fertility rates were associated with the suicide rates of those aged 15–44. The higher the fertility rate the lower the suicide rate for these age groups, for both whites and non-whites, and for both men and women. The results were seen as supporting Durkheim's theory of suicide.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 97 - 102
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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