TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - The impact of socioeconomic factors on state suicide rates: A methodological note
JO  - Urban studies
A1  - Kunce, M.
A1  - Anderson, A.L.
SP  - 155
EP  - 162
VL  - 39
IS  - 1
N2  - This note examines the purported impact of conventional socioeconomic and social environment factors on annual, state-level suicide rates. <br><br>RESULTS from an inductive fixed-effects (covariance) analysis, of state-level time-series/cross-section data for the period 1985-95, do little to support Durkheim's social causes hypothesis that aggregate socioeconomic factors matter in explaining state suicide rates. A possible source of heterogeneity-aggregation bias is identified raising question surrounding past inferences made in aggregate suicide research. The data and empirical method support a mounting sentiment of an abiding ecological fallacy in the suicide literature. Implications of this investigation call for a shift in research focus and method to a smaller unit of analysis (for example, individual-level, controlling for key social processes).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0042-0980
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00420980220099131
ID  - ref1
ER  -