Why Are Blacks Less Suicide Prone than Whites?.

Williams, Joseph

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ERIC Number: EJ294288

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Why Are Blacks Less Suicide Prone than Whites?

Williams, Joseph

Crisis, v90 n10 p29 Dec 1983

Discusses why Whites, as they grow older, are increasingly likely to take their own lives while the suicide rate among Blacks and some other minority groups peaks in the 20s and then declines. (CMG)

Descriptors: Age Differences, American Indians, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Cross Cultural Studies, Japanese Americans, Literature Reviews, Males, Racial Differences, Suicide, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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