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The study comprised 45 cases of suicides among children that occurred in Bangalore City during a 7-year-period from 1967 to 1973. Police records served as the source of data. The data obtained was analysed with respect to variables like age, sex, religion, occupation of the subjects as well as several other aspects like place, method, time, social context of suicide and the like. The highlighting feature was that in nearly 75% of cases social factors seemed to have played a significant role in driving these children to end their lives. A point of transcultural interest may be the ‘Jeetha’ system being responsible for the suicide of 3 children.
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Sathyavathi, K. Suicide among children in Bangalore. Indian J Pediatr 42, 149–157 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02827289
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