What did classical sociologist Émile Durkheim find in his sociological investigations into the causes of suicide? What factors did he find affected suicide, how did he measure them, and how were these factors affected by the major social changes
occurring during the period in which Durkheim lived?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Durkheim found that suicide rates varied by such factors as religion, age, marital status, gender, and employment.
2. He measured the degree of social regulation and social integration present in society, and what effects these had on rates of suicide, by empirically examining what happens when social regulation and integration fail.
3. The Industrial Revolution had created a great deal of social turmoil as masses of people were drawn to the cities and thrown into new chaotic economic cycles and systems.
4. Durkheim observed that social regulation and integration were reduced by these processes, generating higher rates of suicide.
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