Suicide attempt and its associated factors amongst women who were pregnant as adolescents in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic and pregnancy-related characteristics of the participants (N = 940)

	n	%
Age, mean ± SD, years	23.17 ± 4.05
15–19	163	17.3
20–34	777	82.7
Marital status
Single	157	16.7
Married	783	83.3
Education
Illiterate/semi-literate/primary school	690	73.4
High school and college	250	26.6
Place of birth
Rural	857	91.2
Urban	83	8.8
Current working status
Unemployed	487	51.8
Employed	453	48.2
Dropout experience from the school
No	135	14.4
Yes	805	85.6
Perceived health status
Good/fair	661	70.3
Bad	279	29.7
Age of the first pregnancy, years
14–15^a	288	30.6
16	448	47.7
17	204	21.7
Years after the first pregnancy
Within 1 year	79	8.4
More than 1 year	861	91.6
Outcomes of the first pregnancy
Completed or carrying	819	87.1
Terminated	121	12.9
Pregnant plan of the first pregnancy
No	533	56.7
Yes	407	43.3
Reasons of first pregnancy
Normal	925	98.4
Abnormal (e.g., rape)	15	1.6
Suicide attempt
No	879	93.5
Yes	61	6.5

^aThere were four participants (0.4%) reported their first pregnancy at the age of 14 years

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