Three aspects of each country were compared. The aspects being, the cohesiveness of a social group in which an individual may belong, a person 's standing within society and a person 's religious, social and occupational standings. As a result of his research durkheim revealed 10 findings in which can be used to explain from a sociological point of view why suicide occurs. Firstly he found that if there is a higher integration level, integration meaning how valued a person feels to the group and how connected they are, they will feel loved and wanted therefore suicide would be less admired, however, if there is a low integration level they will feel left out and the feeling worthless will be stronger thus resulting in a higher suicide tendency. In addition he found that an individual with a religious standing or connection is less likely to commit suicide than an individual without a religious belief. This could be because individuals feel apart of a separate community therefore integration is higher. For comparison, he also found that protestants had a higher suicide rate than catholic and
Three aspects of each country were compared. The aspects being, the cohesiveness of a social group in which an individual may belong, a person 's standing within society and a person 's religious, social and occupational standings. As a result of his research durkheim revealed 10 findings in which can be used to explain from a sociological point of view why suicide occurs. Firstly he found that if there is a higher integration level, integration meaning how valued a person feels to the group and how connected they are, they will feel loved and wanted therefore suicide would be less admired, however, if there is a low integration level they will feel left out and the feeling worthless will be stronger thus resulting in a higher suicide tendency. In addition he found that an individual with a religious standing or connection is less likely to commit suicide than an individual without a religious belief. This could be because individuals feel apart of a separate community therefore integration is higher. For comparison, he also found that protestants had a higher suicide rate than catholic and