SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Scientific Revolution, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate, Industrial Revolution
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Sociology: the term was introduced by august compte in 1834. Sociologists started studying the society and people in order to make the society a better place. Suicide by emile durkheim was published in late 19th century in europe (1897) At the time, people thought mental illness influenced people to commit suicide. He looked at different social groups (age, sex, religion, occupation, education, marital status and material status) He found that the rate of mental disease leading to suicide among women was 2 times higher than men. However, the suicide rate among men was 3-4 times higher among men; women are generally engaged in more intimate social relations (family life) He studied suicide rates among religious groups in france (catholics, protestants and. Jews) and found that jews had the highest rate of mental illness but the lowest suicide rate. On the other hand, protestants had the lowest mental illness rate but had the highest suicide rate.
