title: [Suicide in Turkey].
abstract: "This paper mainly deals with the socio-demographic characteristics and sex differentials of persons [committing] suicide [in Turkey] on the basis of the 1990 Suicide Statistics.... Causes of suicide and suicide methods are also [discussed].... There is a strong relationship between socio-demographic factors, such as urbanization, aging and household patterns and suicide rates."  The impact of sex roles and socialization is considered. (SUMMARY IN ENG)
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Koc
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Albayrak
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D001519:Behavior; D002423:Cause of Death; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005783:Gender Identity; D005843:Geography; D009026:Mortality; D009042:Motivation; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide; D014421:Turkey; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Behavior; Causes Of Death--determinants; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Geographic Factors; Households; Mediterranean Countries; Mortality; Motivation; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Sex Factors; Sex Role; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Suicide; Turkey; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Western Asia