Native American “Deaths of Despair†and Economic Conditions

Randall Akee, Donna Feir, Marina Mileo Gorzig, Samuel Myers and Jr.
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Marina Mileo Gorsuch

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Abstract: The relationship between local economic factors and “deaths of despair†are different for Native Americans than for white Americans. Higher employment measures are associated with higher proportions of Native American deaths attributed to alcohol and drug use.

Keywords: Indigenous; Native American; Deaths of Despair; Economic development; Extraction industries; Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
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