Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers related to the presence or absence of suicidal behaviour
| Characteristics | Overall n (%) | Suicidal behaviour | χ2 | P value | |
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ||||
| Age | |||||
| 18–24 | 202 (20.4) | 28 (13.9) | 174 (86.1) | 0.09 | 0.95 |
| 25–34 | 615 (62.3) | 85 (13.8) | 530 (86.2) | ||
| >34 | 171 (17.3) | 25 (14.6) | 146 (85.4) | ||
| Education | |||||
| Illiterate | 158 (16.0) | 31 (19.6) | 127 (80.4) | 5.00 | 0.025 |
| Literate | 830 (84.0) | 107 (12.9) | 723 (87.1) | ||
| Grew up with | |||||
| Mother | 623 (63.0) | 87 (14.0) | 536 (86.0) | 0.09 | 0.95 |
| Stepmother | 179 (18.2) | 24 (13.4) | 155 (86.6) | ||
| Relatives | 186 (18.8) | 27 (14.5) | 159 (85.5) | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Currently married | 806 (81.6) | 107 (13.3) | 699 (86.7) | 1.74 | 1.93 |
| Currently unmarried | 182 (18.4) | 151 (83.0)) | 31 (17.0) | ||
| Job | |||||
| Has job | 600 (60.7) | 85 (14.2) | 515 (85.8) | 0.05 | 0.82 |
| Jobless | 388 (39.3) | 53 (13.7) | 335 (86.3) | ||
| Relative wealth | |||||
| Lower | 302 (30.6) | 41 (13.6) | 261 (86.4) | 5.5 | 0.06 |
| Same | 654 (66.2) | 88 (13.5) | 566 (86.5) | ||
| Higher | 32 (3.2) | 9 (28.1) | 23 (71.9) | ||
| Age at marriage | |||||
| Younger than 20 years | 537 (54.4) | 73 (13.6) | 464 (86.4) | 0.61 | 0.74 |
| 21–25 years | 360 (36.4) | 54 (15.0) | 306 (85) | ||
| 26 years and above | 91 (9.2) | 12 (13.2) | 79 (86.8) | ||