Research Article
Demography and Risk Factors of Suicide in Bangladesh: A Six-Month Paper Content Analysis
Table 1
Distribution of demographic variables of the respondents (
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| Demographic variable | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age in years | | | 11–20 | 91 | 33.58 | 21–30 | 75 | 27.68 | 31–40 | 20 | 7.38 | 41–50 | 17 | 6.27 | 51–60 | 8 | 2.95 | 61–70 | 7 | 2.58 | Missing | 53 | 19.56 | Sex | | | Male | 113 | 41.70 | Female | 158 | 58.30 | Marital status | | | Married | 123 | 45.39 | Unmarried | 95 | 35.06 | Divorced | 2 | 0.74 | Missing | 51 | 18.82 | Habitat | | | Urban | 101 | 37.27 | Rural | 165 | 60.89 | Occupation | | | Doctor | 2 | 0.74 | Service holder | 13 | 4.80 | Businessman | 6 | 2.21 | Laborer | 37 | 13.65 | Teacher | 2 | 0.74 | Student | 64 | 23.62 | House maker | 46 | 16.97 | Politician | 2 | 0.74 | Others | 6 | 2.21 | Law force | 4 | 1.48 | Media worker | 1 | 0.37 | Missing | 88 | 32.47 | Education | | | Secondary | 31 | 11.44 | SSC | 6 | 2.21 | HSC | 3 | 1.11 | Graduate | 14 | 5.17 | Postgraduate | 3 | 1.11 | Missing | 214 | 78.97 |
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