@article{ref1,
title="Does marital status predict the odds of suicidal death in Taiwan? A seven-year population-based study",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2008",
author="Yeh, Jui-Yuan and Xirasagar, Sudha and Liu, Tsai-Ching and Li, Chong-Yi and Lin, Herng-Ching",
volume="38",
number="3",
pages="302-310",
abstract="Abstract Using nationwide, 7-year population-based data for 1997-2003, we examined marital status to see if it predicted suicide among the ethnic Chinese population of Taiwan. Using cause of death data, with a case-control design, two groups-total adult suicide deaths, n = 17,850, the study group, and adult deaths other than suicide, n = 71,400 (randomly selected from age, sex, and geographic region matched controls, four per suicide)-were studied. Using multiple logistic regression analysis including age-marital status interaction, adjusted estimates show divorced status to be the most detrimental for suicide propensity, with males showing stronger effect size. Females never married, aged below 35 and 65-plus, and widowed 65-plus had lower suicide odds.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1521/suli.2008.38.3.302",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2008.38.3.302"
}