In Durkheim's perspective, if you saw that one religious group had higher suicide rates than another, and that single people had higher suicide rates than married people, which statement would you make?
a. Protestants have high suicide rates similar to Catholics.
b. Single people have lower suicide rates than married people.
c. People without children have equal suicide rates to people with children.
d. Suicide rates are related to how closely tied people are to one another in groups.
e. Suicide rates may be related to individual income and ascribed characteristics.
D
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