TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - The relationship of female labor force participation to suicide: a comparative analysis
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Stack, S.
SP  - 249
EP  - 261
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
N2  - Work on the relationship between female labor force participation and suicide has been limited largely to the U.S. The present study tests this perspective with data from 53 nations representing a wide range in level of socio-economic development. Female labor force participation (FPLF), an index of role conflict, is found to be positively related to both male and female suicide. However, when the sample is restricted to nations at high levels of FPLF, FPLF is related only to male suicide. This failure of FPLF to increase female suicide is interpreted in terms of role expansion theory and the context of greater cultural support for FPLF. The results are independent of indicators from industrialization and anomie theories of suicide.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811119808258300
ID  - ref1
ER  -