Citation

Barranco RE. Sociol. Q. 2016; 57(2): 256-281.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Midwest Sociological Society, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1111/tsq.12110

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Since the publication of Durkheim's Suicide more than a century ago, researchers have been examining the relationship between religion and suicide, and race/ethnicity and suicide. However, no study has examined how religion influences U.S. Latino suicide rates. This study fills a gap in the literature by applying three competing theses to the study of Latino suicide.

RESULTS show that (1) religious contextual variables significantly affect Latino suicide rates, (2) U.S.-born Latinos benefit from religious communities, regardless of denomination or measurement used, and (3) foreign-born Latinos only benefit from Catholic adherents and homogeneity. © 2016 Midwest Sociological Society.

Language: en

Keywords

Sociology of religion; Crime, law, and deviance; Latino/a Sociology