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Article

Confucianism and Gender Ratios of Suicide in the World: A WHO Data-Based Study

by
Wei Wang
1,
Jie Zhang
2,3,* and
Wayne L. Thompson
4
1
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
2
School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
3
Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA
4
Department of Sociology, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 53140, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2188; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032188
Submission received: 2 December 2022 / Revised: 19 January 2023 / Accepted: 20 January 2023 / Published: 25 January 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Social, Group, and Identity Determinants of Well-Being and Health)
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Abstract

This study explores how Confucianism affects suicide rates by gender. Data for the study come from the World Health Organization document “Suicide Worldwide in 2019”, which provides frequency and gender ratios for suicide rates in 183 member countries. One-way ANOVA and multiple linear regression analysis were used to examine potential differences in suicide rates and male to female ratio of suicides. Independent variables include region, income level, culture, and Confucian values that may be related to suicide. Suicide rates for Confucian countries do not show significant differences from European countries. However, these countries have lower suicide gender ratios.
Keywords: suicide; gender ratio; Confucianism; culture; China suicide; gender ratio; Confucianism; culture; China

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Wang, W.; Zhang, J.; Thompson, W.L. Confucianism and Gender Ratios of Suicide in the World: A WHO Data-Based Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032188

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Wang W, Zhang J, Thompson WL. Confucianism and Gender Ratios of Suicide in the World: A WHO Data-Based Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(3):2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032188

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Wang, Wei, Jie Zhang, and Wayne L. Thompson. 2023. "Confucianism and Gender Ratios of Suicide in the World: A WHO Data-Based Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3: 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032188

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Wang, W., Zhang, J., & Thompson, W. L. (2023). Confucianism and Gender Ratios of Suicide in the World: A WHO Data-Based Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032188

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