Psychosocial and clinical factors of mothers related to the presence or absence of suicidal behaviour
| Characteristics | Overall n (%) | Suicidal behaviour | χ2 | P value | |
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ||||
| Parity | |||||
| First | 457 (46.2) | 63 (13.8) | 394 (86.2) | 8.0 | 0.04 |
| Second | 315 (31.9) | 49 (15.6) | 266 (84.4) | ||
| Third | 157 (15.9) | 13 (8.3) | 144 (91.7) | ||
| Fourth | 59 (6.0) | 13 (22.0) | 46 (78.0) | ||
| Verbal abuse | |||||
| Yes | 305 (30.9) | 54 (17.7) | 251 (82.3) | 5.1 | 0.02 |
| No | 683 (69.1) | 84 (12.3) | 599 (87.7) | ||
| Physical abuse | |||||
| Yes | 217 (22.0) | 39 (18.0) | 178 (82.0) | 3.7 | 0.054 |
| No | 771 (78.0) | 99 (12.8) | 672 (87.2) | ||
| History of rape | |||||
| Yes | 123 (12.5) | 34 (27.6) | 89 (72.4) | 22.8 | 0.000 |
| No | 865 (87.5) | 104 (12.0) | 761 (88.0) | ||
| Pregnancy | |||||
| Planned | 836 (84.6) | 98 (11.7) | 738 (88.3) | 22.8 | 0.000 |
| Unplanned | 152 (15.4) | 40 (26.3) | 112 (73.7) | ||
| History of abortion | |||||
| Yes | 273 (27.6) | 40 (14.7) | 233 (85.3) | 0.14 | 0.70 |
| No | 715 (72.4) | 98 (13.7) | 617 (86.3) | ||
| Social support | |||||
| Poor | 207 (21.0) | 36 (17.4) | 171 (82.6) | 4.7 | 0.09 |
| Moderate | 660 (66.8) | 81 (12.3) | 579 (87.7) | ||
| Good | 121 (12.2) | 21 (17.4) | 100 (82.6) | ||
| Infant health status | |||||
| Sick | 231 (23.4) | 50 (21.6) | 181 (78.4) | 14.8 | 0.000 |
| Healthy | 757 (76.6) | 88 (11.6) | 669 (88.4) | ||
| History of depression | |||||
| Yes | 79 (8.0) | 10 (12.7) | 69 (87.3) | 0.12 | 0.73 |
| No | 909 (92.0) | 128 (14.1) | 781 (85.9) | ||
| Substance user husband | |||||
| Yes | 309 (31.3) | 53 (17.2) | 256 (82.8) | 3.8 | 0.51 |
| No | 679 (68.7) | 85 (12.5) | 594 (87.5) | ||
| Sexually unfaithful husband | |||||
| Yes | 538 (54.5) | 86 (16.0) | 452 (84.0) | 4.0 | 0.04 |
| No | 450 (45.5) | 52 (11.6) | 398 (88.4) | ||
| Alcohol use | |||||
| Yes | 323 (32.7) | 46 (14.2) | 277 (85.8) | 0.03 | 0.86 |
| No | 665 (67.3) | 92 (13.8) | 573 (86.2) | ||
| Smoking | |||||
| Yes | 10 (1.0) | 2 (20.0) | 8 (80.0) | ||
| No | 978 (99.0) | 136 (13.9) | 842 (86.1) | ||
| Khat chewing | |||||
| Yes | 16 (1.6) | 6 (37.5) | 10 (62.5) | 7.5 | 0.006 |
| No | 972 (98.4) | 132 (13.6) | 840 (86.4) | ||
| Cannabis use | |||||
| Yes | 16 (1.6) | 3 (18.8) | 13 (81.2) | ||
| No | 972 (98.4) | 135 (13.9) | 837 (86.1) | ||