Social Correlates of Youth Suicide Rates in the United States

• NCJ Number: 129411
• Journal: Adolescence Volume: 26 Issue: 101 Dated: (Spring 1991) Pages: 55-58
• Author(s): D Lester
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 4 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The 1980 suicide rates of youths in the United States were found to be associated with three clusters of social variables: social integration, the age structure, and race/region.

Abstract

These associations also were found for older groups, suggesting similarities in the impact of social variables on regional suicide rates. 1 table and 5 references (Publisher abstract)