%0 Journal Article
%T A nonlinear association of fertility and suicide rates among elderly persons
%J Psychological reports
%D 2008
%A Shah, Ajit
%V 103
%N 3
%P 943-946
%X A negative linear correlation for crude suicide rates of elderly persons with fertility rates was reported earlier but may mask a curvilinear relation. A re-analysis of those data from 81 countries as reported in the World Health Organization and United Nations data banks yielded a curvilinear (U-shaped curve) relation. Explanations require further study.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0033-2941
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/PR0.103.3.943-946