De invloed van religie en godsdienstige samenstelling van gemeenten op de kans op zelfmoord in Nederland

Durkheims Suicide has been criticised on theoretical, methodological and empirical grounds. While some argued that Durkheim made macro- instead of micro-propositions, others maintained that he formulated micro-propositions but failed to test them with micro-data. Pescosolido (1990) proposed an alternative hypothesis that was supported empirically. In this article, we show that this hypothesis can be deduced from a general formulation of Durkheims theory. Building on Durkheims work, we formulate multilevel propositions about the impact of denomination and religious composition of municipalities... Mehr ...