Citation

Marshall JR, Hodge RW. Soc. Sci. Res. 1981; 10(2): 101-114.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0049-089X(81)90001-6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to build upon Pierce's important finding, a confirmation of Durkheim, that any form of economic disruption or change increases suicide. In this paper, certain aspects of Pierce's method are criticized. The analysis of an expanded and updated data set, using analytic techniques designed for time-series data, suggests that economic disruption per se is not as relevant to the suicide rate as are economic hardship and economic deterioration or improvement.