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Males tend to die, females tend to pass away
1Department of Psychology, University North Dakota , Grand Forks , ND , USA.
Abstract:
The hypothesis that obituary notices will be less direct/less emotional in the language used for females than for males was tested. A total of 703 consecutive obituaries were examined in a local newspaper and instances of whether the person died or passed away was noted for males and females. A 2 (gender) × 2 (died, passed away) Chi-Square analysis supported the hypothesis: X (1) = 8.87, p < .01. Thus, males are more likely to die, whereas females are more likely to pass away.
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