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Poverty, suicide, and homicide among Native Americans
1Department of Criminal Justice, Washburn University of Topeka, KS 66621.
Psychological Reports
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
Analysis of data for 12 areas of the Indian Health Services available from the US Department of Health and Human Services yielded a correlation (rho) of .65 between poverty and suicide and a significant rho of. 52 with homicide rates. The Navajo area is an exception, raising for study questions about social disintegration.