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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
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)

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