Male suicides were more likely to be unmarried, widowed or separated than married. The personal support of marriage may have given some protection from the loneliness and despair which often led to suicide.
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Source: John Weaver, A sadly troubled history: the meanings of suicide in the modern age. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 2009. p. 171
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