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Is Life Worth Living? Fixtures And Prevalence of Emile Durkheim’s Typology in Online Reported Suicides in Nigeria – Implications for Policy

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  • Ekpechu, Joseph Ogbonnaya Alo (PhD)

    (Sociology Department, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria)

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This study examined online reported suicides in Nigeria in order to find out the prevalence rate of each of the Emile Durkheim’s types of suicide in the country. Historical research design was used to examine online reported suicides in the country from 2009 to 2018. It was found among other things that Durkheim’s egoistic suicide (n = 9), altruistic suicide (n = 376), anomic suicide (n = 3) and fatalistic suicide (n = 3) fitted into the recurring incidences of suicides in the country (N = 391). Policy should target the control of incidences of altruistic suicide in the country. It was concluded that the most prevalent form of suicide was altruistic suicide.

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  • Ekpechu, Joseph Ogbonnaya Alo (PhD), 2020. "Is Life Worth Living? Fixtures And Prevalence of Emile Durkheim’s Typology in Online Reported Suicides in Nigeria – Implications for Policy," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 4(7), pages 68-74, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:4:y:2020:i:7:p:68-74
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