Citation

Young TJ. Psychol. Rep. 1990; 67(3): 1153-1154.

Affiliation

Department of Criminal Justice, Washburn University of Topeka, KS 66621.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2084743

Abstract

Analysis of data for 12 areas of the Indian Health Services available from the US Department of Health and Human Services yielded a correlation (rho) of .65 between poverty and suicide and a significant rho of. 52 with homicide rates. The Navajo area is an exception, raising for study questions about social disintegration.

Language: en