TY - JOUR
T1 - States' Public Welfare Expenditures as Predictors of State Suicide Rates
AU - Zimmerman, Shirley L.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - ABSTRACT: This exploratory multiple‐regression study took its cue from social integration theory to examine the relative importance of state per capita expenditures for public welfare in predicting state suicide rates when controlling for the effects of state divorce rates, state population change rates, and the percentage of persons with annual incomes between $10,000 and $19,999. While the four variables together accounted for .73 of the explained variance in state suicide rates, the effects of state per capita expenditures for public welfare were not very important when those of the other variables were taken into account. This, however, does not mean that state per capita expenditures for public welfare are inconsequential with respect to state suicide rates, inasmuch as they were inversely related to each of the other three independent variables, each of which was positively related to state suicide rates. This means that state per capita expenditures are indirectly related to suicide—in a negative direction. The implications of the findings for policy and suicide prevention are briefly discussed. 1987 The American Association for Suicidology
AB - ABSTRACT: This exploratory multiple‐regression study took its cue from social integration theory to examine the relative importance of state per capita expenditures for public welfare in predicting state suicide rates when controlling for the effects of state divorce rates, state population change rates, and the percentage of persons with annual incomes between $10,000 and $19,999. While the four variables together accounted for .73 of the explained variance in state suicide rates, the effects of state per capita expenditures for public welfare were not very important when those of the other variables were taken into account. This, however, does not mean that state per capita expenditures for public welfare are inconsequential with respect to state suicide rates, inasmuch as they were inversely related to each of the other three independent variables, each of which was positively related to state suicide rates. This means that state per capita expenditures are indirectly related to suicide—in a negative direction. The implications of the findings for policy and suicide prevention are briefly discussed. 1987 The American Association for Suicidology
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1943-278X.1987.tb00068.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1943-278X.1987.tb00068.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 3501179
AN - SCOPUS:0023618720
SN - 0363-0234
VL - 17
SP - 271
EP - 287
JO - Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior
JF - Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior
IS - 4
ER -