The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. Martial status of NZ men who committed suicide, 1900-1950 Status Number Percentage Married 1214 38.8 Unmarried 1268 40.6 Separated 210 6.7 Widowed 203 6.5 Unknown* 231 7.4 Total 3126 100 *Includes wife lives abroad, unknown status, assorted other statuses NB using total in source described as All cases with ages Source: John Weaver, A sadly troubled history: the meanings of suicide in the modern age. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 2009. p. 171 Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz