TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - The effect of marital integration on African American suicide
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Stack, S.
SP  - 405
EP  - 414
VL  - 26
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -