NATIONAL INCOME, LIFE SATISFACTION, AND MALE-FEMALE SUICIDE RATIO IN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES

2010-10-01
Gaygısız Lajunen, Esma
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The relationships between gross domestic product (GDP) per cap ita life satisfaction and male female suicide ratio were a for 25 industrialized countries GDP per capita was the strongest correlate of male female suicide ratio even when life satisfaction la as controlled using partial correlations Life satisfaction correlated significantly with GDP per capita but not with suicide rates.
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sensory Systems
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37710
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
Department of Economics, Article

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E. Gaygısız Lajunen, “NATIONAL INCOME, LIFE SATISFACTION, AND MALE-FEMALE SUICIDE RATIO IN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES,” PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, pp. 433–436, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37710.
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