%0 Journal Article
%T The effect of marital integration on African American suicide
%J Suicide and life-threatening behavior
%D 1996
%A Stack, S.
%V 26
%N 4
%P 405-414
%X Research on the impact of marital integration on suicide has neglected race-specific analysis. Existing work has been marked by methodological problems and has thus found inconsistent results. The present paper is the first national study of the problem. In a logistic regression analysis of 2,099 African American suicides and 1,729 African American natural deaths, being divorced or widowed significantly raises the odds of death by suicide; being single does not. A parallel analysis for Whites finds greater support for a link between martial status and suicide. Marital status may be less important for African Americans in suicide prevention because extended family ties are stronger for African Americans than Whites.
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0363-0234
%U http://dx.doi.org/