Testing Gibbs and Martin's theory of suicide.
Over 32 nations, status integration correlated more strongly with suicide rates than two other social variables. Over 30 states of the United States of America, status integration performed worse than the percent born out-of-state and better than the divorce rates.
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Psychology Program, Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ 08240.
D004243:Divorce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology