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Kwan, Y. K.; Ip, W. C.; Kwan, P. – Death Studies, 2005
Some peculiarly low male-to-female suicide ratios have been reported in the Far Eastern populations. This article attempts to investigate whether there are gender differences in suicide risk by socio-demographic factors in Hong Kong, and hereby to explain the low male-to-female suicide ratios. The effects of marital status, duration-of-residence,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marital Status, Gender Differences, Suicide