Trends in White Male Adolescent, Young-Adult, and Elderly Suicide: are There Common Underlying Structural Factors?

This study utilizes social indicator time series regression models to determine if trends in male suicide are differentially affected by underlying structural factors. Some of the findings are: 1) changes in family structure & relative cohort size contribute to the variation in adolescent & young-adult white male suicide rates; & 2) suicide trends of the young-old white male population are associated with trends in elderly widowhood, Social Security benefits & elderly cohort size. (60 refs.)