Religious homogeneity and suicide.
In a study of 296 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in 1980, suicide rates were lower in those regions in which church membership was higher, Roman Catholics more common, and religious homogeneity greater.
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Psychology Program, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jim Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
D015982:Bias; D006801:Humans; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012925:Social Conformity; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*