TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - The effect of modernization on suicide in finland: 1800-1984
JO  - Sociological perspectives
A1  - Stack, S.
SP  - 137
EP  - 148
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
N2  - Durkheim's theory of suicide stressed the historical processes of modernization in explaining the rise in suicide. Tests of Durkheim's theory have, however, been largely ahistorical. The present study fills this void with a time-series analysis of Finnish historical suicide data. A Cochrane-Orcutt analysis finds that a one percent increase in urbanization is associated with a.19 percent increase in suicide. The results are independent of control variables from alternate perspectives on suicide. Some evidence is found to support Halbwach's "Law of Convergence." Whereas a one percent increase in modernization increases suicide by.22 percent in the 19th century, this figure drops to.12 percent in the 20th century. © 1993, Pacific Sociological Association. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0731-1214
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1389426
ID  - ref1
ER  -