@article{ref1,
title="Development, gender equality, and suicide rates",
journal="Psychological reports",
year="2000",
author="Mayer, P.",
volume="87",
number="2",
pages="367-372",
abstract="A component of the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index which measures longevity was negatively associated -.55 with suicide rates in 37 nations for men; the correlation with the suicide sex ratio was also negative (r = -.59). Women's access to social, political, and economic power in a subsample of 26 nations, summarized in the UNDP's Gender Empowerment Measure, was positively correlated with suicide rates (r =.36 for both women and men). UNDP measures of attainment in literacy and income showed no individual relationship with suicide rates. In a multiple regression model, life expectancy was negatively related, and the Gender-related Development index was positively related, to suicide rates.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2941",
doi="10.2466/pr0.2000.87.2.367",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2000.87.2.367"
}