TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The cross-national association of gun ownership rates and suicide rates: an analysis of 194 nations
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Kleck, Gary D.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cross-national association between suicide rates and gun ownership rates. <br><br>METHOD: The association is estimated using the largest sample of nations (n = 194) ever employed for this purpose. Three different measures of national gun ownership rates are related to total suicide rates, firearms suicide rates, and non-firearms suicide rates. <br><br>RESULTS: Although gun ownership rates have a significant positive association with the rate of firearms suicide, they are unrelated to the total suicide rate. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with the results of most prior macro-level studies, cross-national data indicate that levels of gun availability appear to affect how many people choose shooting as their method of suicide, but do not affect how many people kill themselves.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2021.1922110
ID  - ref1
ER  -