Suicide and rurality in Alabama communities |
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Authors: | Andrew A Zekeri Kenneth P Wilkinson |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Tuskegee University, 203 Washington Hall, 36088, Tuskegee, AL, USA
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Abstract: | Empirical research findings suggest that suicide increases with rurality, but research on rural suicide leaves many questions unanswered. This study specifies problems of community organization as a reason for expecting a positive effect of rurality on the suicide rate. A multiple regression analysis of county data shows that rurality has a substantial positive effect and is, in fact, the best predictor of the suicide rate among several variables selected from the previous literature. Additional research is needed to test the interpretation that rurality contributes to an incomplete, fragmented form of community organization which influences the suicide rate by disrupting primary relationships. |
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