Citation

Mayer P. Psychol. Rep. 2000; 87(2): 367-372.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.2466/pr0.2000.87.2.367

PMID

11086579

Abstract

A component of the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index which measures longevity was negatively associated -.55 with suicide rates in 37 nations for men; the correlation with the suicide sex ratio was also negative (r = -.59). Women's access to social, political, and economic power in a subsample of 26 nations, summarized in the UNDP's Gender Empowerment Measure, was positively correlated with suicide rates (r =.36 for both women and men). UNDP measures of attainment in literacy and income showed no individual relationship with suicide rates. In a multiple regression model, life expectancy was negatively related, and the Gender-related Development index was positively related, to suicide rates.

Language: en

Keywords

Female; Humans; Life Expectancy; Male; Sex Distribution; Suicide/*statistics & numerical data