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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Suicide Res. 2002;6(2):167–184. doi: 10.1080/13811110208951174

Table 3.

Why Women Commit More Suicides: Judgements by the Authors Reviewed

Reason for Women’s Suicide and
the Rank by Number of Papers
# of
Papers
% of
Papers
1. Low self-esteem (102) 42.5%
2. Lack of education (79) 32.9%
3. Low status in the family (32) 13.3%
4. Low status in society (27) 11.3%
    Total: (240) 100%