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| Re: Half of college students consider suicide
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Originally Posted by kds1980  Isn't it surprising that in people which are living below poverty line and inhumane working condition in India or Asia do not commit suicide and students which are living 100 times better lives than them in
USA consider attempting suicide. | Good post...except ... i will have to disagree with the interpretation you provide with the data. contemplating suicide and actually carrying it out are two entirely different things. Suicide can occur in any country at varying rates...regardless of economic prowess. This is true for India as well. Indian youngsters had some of the highest suicide rates in the world in 2004. http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4846 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3590847.stm http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/apr/15spec.htm http://www.suicide.org/indian-teen-suicide-rates.html The rate of suicide in USA and India varies. There is also the concern in the data…the fact that suicide in developing countries is significantly under-reported. Suicide is not linked to economic well-being. If you look at stats and studies conducted by past and present sociologists you will see that suicide rates increase during economic slow-downs and during economic booms. It is best explained by a state of ‘normlessness’ called Anomie. When there is breakdown in social structure, loss of faith in values and order. Suicide rates in India have been growing ever since economic prosperity started to rise. Perhaps they will stabilize when India experiences some economic stagflation. We humans are odd creatures, though why take your own life? when you can take someone else's just by the simple act of marrying them  cheers  |