Farmers' suicides in Maharashtra, India : a mixed-method study leading to policy suggestions /
This case is a description of method used in a study on farmers' suicides in Maharashtra, India. Since this is a sensitive topic, the study tried to incorporate multiple perspectives by being open to suggestions from different views. It shows how the available data on suicides and population fr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Los Angeles, California] :
SAGE,
2014.
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| Series: | SAGE research methods. Cases.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This case is a description of method used in a study on farmers' suicides in Maharashtra, India. Since this is a sensitive topic, the study tried to incorporate multiple perspectives by being open to suggestions from different views. It shows how the available data on suicides and population from different sources were combined to arrive at an estimate of suicide mortality rate for farmers and non-farmers. It also explains the survey design to capture risk factors associated with suicide incidence as also in making comparisons of suicide cases with controls. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781473929968 1473929962 |