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Suicide in the Ukraine

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1027//0227-5910.23.1.32

Summary: The suicide rates of the 24 provinces (oblasts) of the Ukraine were found to be strongly associated with indices of social disintegration (such as divorce and illegitimacy rates), with the Western provinces incorporated in the USSR later than other Ukrainian territories having lower suicide rates and lower levels of social disintegration.

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