Determinants of Youth Suicide: A Friendly Comment with Suggestions

摘要

This study empirically examines determinants of youth (age 15-24) suicide over the 1960-1998 period. It finds that the rate of youth suicide was positively influenced by the divorce rate, the violent crime rate, and the Vietnam War, and negatively influenced by the percent of the total population composed of those age 15-24. The first three variables have been ignored in the research and the latter is at odds with the "conventional wisdom."