Gender equality and the sex differential in suicide rates using gender-age standardized data

Using crude suicide rates, Lester (1994) reports that occupational segregation and gender egalitarianism are not significantly related to the sex differential in suicide rates, male suicide rates, and female suicide rates in 24 countries. Using a gender-age standardized version of Lester's data...

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Published in:Archives of suicide research 1999-01, Vol.5 (4), p.255-260
Main Author: Fernquist, Robert M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
age-standardized suicide rates
Cross-national analysis
Crosscultural Analysis
Egalitarianism
Gender differentiation
gender egalitarianism
Mortality Rates
Occupational Segregation
Sex Differences
Sex differentiation
Sex equality
Sex Ratio
Suicide
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Summary:Using crude suicide rates, Lester (1994) reports that occupational segregation and gender egalitarianism are not significantly related to the sex differential in suicide rates, male suicide rates, and female suicide rates in 24 countries. Using a gender-age standardized version of Lester's data, occupational segregation is significantly related to all four dependent variables, and gender egalitarianism is significantly related to two of the four dependent variables.
ISSN:1381-1118
1543-6136
DOI:10.1080/13811119908258336