Psychological Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 295-308

Suicide during 1961–70 of migrants in Australia (Article)

Woodings T.L. , Stenhouse N.S. , McCall M.G. , Burvill P.W.
  • a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • b Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • d Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Western Australia, Australia

Abstract

Rates and methods of suicide during 1961–70 of migrants in Australia were compared with native born Australians. Large differences in both rates and methods of suicide were found in individual migrant groups. The rates were more akin to those in the country of origin than of the Australian-born, no matter how long the migrants hadlived in Australia. By contrast, methods of suicide used by migrants approached more closely those of the Australian-born the longer they had lived in Australia. The change in methods used was greatest in those migrant groups comingfrom countries with a language and culture more akin to those in Australia. A discussion follows of various possiblesociological and cultural factors, both within the countries of origin and within Australia, which could have contributed to these results. © 1982, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.

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Index Keywords

Short Survey cultural anthropology central nervous system Australia human epidemiology Ethnic Groups Aged geographic distribution Adolescent male Acculturation female Support, Non-U.S. Gov't adult major clinical study migration Sex Factors ethnic or racial aspects Emigration and Immigration Transients and Migrants Suicide Middle Age Child
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DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700046638
ISSN: 00332917
Cited by: 39
Original Language: English