A social ecological perspective is used to analyze county primary homicide rates for the elderly population, persons aged 55 or older. Structural, socioeconomic, medical resources, and demographic variables are analyzed in a regression analysis for primary homicide (involving family, friends, and acquaintances) rates. Neither a structural, socioeconomic, nor medical resources explanation is supported; however, several variables, particularly education, are shown to be important in explaining variations in elderly primary homicide rates. Unemployment, migration, urbanization, physician rate, percent males, and percent nonwhite are significantly related to elderly primary homicide rates. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: A, page: 4280. / Major Professor: Gordon P. Waldo. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78341 |
| Contributors | Gilbert, Evelyn., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 198 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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