Past research on the relationship between immigration and suicide has focused on a few case studies of the bivariate relationship in nations marked by considerable forced immigration. The present study expands the sample to 34 nations characterized by voluntary immigration. Using the techniques of multiple regression analysis, it confirms the immigration-suicide linkage.
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