A Statistical Analysis of the Current Reported Increase in the Black Suicide Rate (Micro E 185.89 S8D38 1975)

A re-evaluation of Henry and Short’s external restraint theory through an anlysis of five structural variables: sex, age, strength of the relational system, social status and community integration. The sample consited of 779 death certificates from New Orleans (20 suicides and 573 non-suicide). (KB)