Citation

Ferraro FR. Death Stud. 2018; ePub(ePub): 1-3.

Affiliation

a Department of Psychology , University North Dakota , Grand Forks , ND , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2018.1515127

PMID

30265829

Abstract

The hypothesis that obituary notices will be less direct/less emotional in the language used for females than for males was tested. A total of 703 consecutive obituaries were examined in a local newspaper and instances of whether the person died or passed away was noted for males and females. A 2 (gender) × 2 (died, passed away) Chi-Square analysis supported the hypothesis: X² (1) = 8.87, p < .01. Thus, males are more likely to die, whereas females are more likely to pass away.

Language: en