A comparative analysis of the effect of domestic institutions on suicide ideology. From: Journal of Comparative Family Studies | Date: September 22, 1997| Author: Stack, Steven | COPYRIGHT 1997 University of Calgary. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Research on domestic institutions and suicide ideology has been based on the United States. It is not clear if the results will replicate in other countries with a variety of institutional and cultural contexts. The present study addresses this gap in the literature through an analysis of 17 nations. At the bivariate level, in 14/17 nations married persons are lower than nonmarried persons in their prosuicide attitudes; in 15/17 parents are lower than nonparents. A multivariate analysis finds...

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