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Fertility and Suicide Rates: A Time Series Analysis in the United States

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Biosocial Science, July 2008
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#47 of 999)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (98th percentile)

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Title
Fertility and Suicide Rates: A Time Series Analysis in the United States
Published in
Journal of Biosocial Science, July 2008
DOI 10.1017/s0021932000006830
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Abstract

In a time series study of the USA from 1933 to 1984, fertility rates were associated with the suicide rates of those aged 15-44. The higher the fertility rate the lower the suicide rate for these age groups, for both whites and non-whites, and for both men and women. The results were seen as supporting Durkheim's theory of suicide.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 18 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 39%
Student > Bachelor 4 22%
Student > Master 1 6%
Unknown 6 33%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 3 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 6%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 6%
Other 3 17%
Unknown 8 44%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 July 2023.
All research outputs
#1,558,814
of 32,833,240 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Biosocial Science
#47
of 999 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,599
of 127,635 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Biosocial Science
#5
of 260 outputs
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