Age, Sex, Marital Status and Suicide: An Empirical Study of East and West

@article{Yip1998AgeSM,
  title={Age, Sex, Marital Status and Suicide: An Empirical Study of East and West},
  author={Paul S. F. Yip},
  journal={Psychological Reports},
  year={1998},
  volume={82},
  pages={311 - 322}
}
  • P. Yip
  • Published 1 February 1998
  • Psychology
  • Psychological Reports
The relationships among age, sex, marital status and suicidal behaviour in Australia and Hong Kong showed disparity in age-specific suicide rates among the four marital status groups, never married, married, widowed and divorced, for both sexes in the two locations. Examining the coefficients of preservation suggested the coefficient for never married to married in all cases was larger than 1, except for the groups of teenagers aged 15–19 years for both sexes and of elderly women aged 60 years… 
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