Identified possible causes | Studies | |||||
Feroz et al. 2012 | Halim et al. 2010 | Reza et al. 2013 | Ahmed et al. 2004 | |||
Informed by household head | From other causes | |||||
Emotional stress due to quarrel in family | 63.0% | 57.0% | 50.7% | 65.5% | 57.0% | |
Poverty | 24.3% | - | - | 18.6% | 8.6% | |
Long-term illness | 8.6% | 17.0% | 8.6% | 19.5% | - | |
Failure in exam | 2.9% | - | - | 5.3% | - | |
Suicidal death in near relative | - | 23.0% | - | 48.7% | - | |
Substance abuse | - | 5.8% | - | 5.3% | - | |
Stressful events | - | - | 25.4% | - | - | |
History of criminal behaviour | - | - | - | 2.6% | - | |
Social deprivation | - | - | 36.6% | - | - | |
Uncertainty about future | - | - | - | 15.9% | - | |
Not raised by biological parents | - | - | - | 5.3% | - | |
Marital disharmony | - | - | 49.3% | 46.9% | 41.7% | |
Previous attempt at suicide | - | - | - | 43.3% | - |