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

Table 3 Multivariate associations between demographic characteristics, pregnancy-related characteristics, health status, and perceived social support and suicide attempts (N = 940)

	B	S.E	Wald χ²	p	OR (95%CI)
Age	− 0.77	0.15	27.41	< 0.001	0.46 (0.35–0.62)
Place of birth
Rural	Reference				1
Urban	0.98	0.86	1.31	0.253	2.67 (0.50–14. 38)
Current work status
Unemployed	Reference				1
Employed	0.89	0.78	1.31	0.253	2.44 (0.53–11.25)
Perceived health status
Good/fair	Reference				1
Bad	2.19	0.53	16.90	< 0.001	8.91 (3.14–25.30)
Age of first pregnancy, years
14–15	Reference				1
16	1.01	0.65	2.44	0.118	2.75 (0.77–9.73)
17	1.30	0.64	4.14	0.042	3.67 (1.05–12.82)
Outcomes of the first pregnancy
Completed or carrying	Reference				1
Terminated	0.43	0.51	0.72	0.396	1.54 (0.57–4.14)
Pregnant plan
No	Reference				1
Yes	− 1.04	0.65	2.59	0.107	0.35 (0.10–1.25)
Reasons of first pregnancy
Normal	Reference
Abnormal (e.g., rape)	− 0.07	0.09	0.71	0.400	0.93 (0.79–1.10)
Perceived social support
Family	− 0.07	0.09	0.71	0.400	0.93 (0.79–1.10)
Friends	− 0.39	0.11	11.59	0.001	0.68 (0.54–0.85)
Others	0.04	0.07	0.29	0.590	1.04 (0.91–1.19)

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