Suicide in the City: Do Characteristics of Place Really Influence Risk?

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dc.citation.firstpage313en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleSocial Science Quarterlyen_US
dc.citation.lastpage329en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber96en_US
dc.contributor.authorDenney, Justin T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWadsworth, Timen_US
dc.contributor.authorRogers, Richard G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPampel, Fred C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-22T20:08:01Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-06-22T20:08:01Zen_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: This article investigates the role of social context on individual suicide mortality with attention paid to the possibility that contextual effects are simply the sum of individual characteristics associated with suicide. Methods: We use restricted data from the 1986–2006 National Health Interview Survey-Linked Mortality Files, which include nearly 1 million records and 1,300 suicides, to examine the role of familial and socioeconomic context on adult suicide. Results: Results show that adults living in cities with more socioeconomic disadvantage and fewer families living together have higher odds of suicidal death than adults living in less disadvantaged cities and cities with more families living together, respectively, after controlling for individual-level socioeconomic status, marital status, and family size. Conclusion: The findings support classic sociological arguments that the risk of suicide is indeed influenced by the social milieu and cannot simply be explained by the aggregation of individual characteristics.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDenney, Justin T., Wadsworth, Tim, Rogers, Richard G., et al.. "Suicide in the City: Do Characteristics of Place Really Influence Risk?." <i>Social Science Quarterly,</i> 96, no. 2 (2015) Wiley: 313-329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12165.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12165en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/90536en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the Southwestern Social Science Associationen_US
dc.titleSuicide in the City: Do Characteristics of Place Really Influence Risk?en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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