The Vulnerability of Indian Women to Suicide a Field-study

نویسندگان

  • Gaurange Banerjee
  • D.N. Nandi
  • Sabyasachi Nandi
  • S. Sarkar
  • G.C. Boral
  • A. Ghosh
چکیده

58 cases of suicide were recorded in one year in a cluster of villages comprising a police-station area. The incidence was 43.4 per lakh. Women out numbered men. Two-thirds of the victims were aged below 25 years. In women the commonest cause of suicide was quarrel with husband and in men it was quarrel with parents. Poisoning with insecticide was the mode of suicide in an overwhelming majority of cases. The situational, psychological and socio-cultural perspectives have been discussed.

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دوره 32  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1990