Views of Women and Suicide in Nepal

In this survey we ask for your views and perceptions of suicide in Nepal. We are interested in what you have heard about suicide in Nepal. This is NOT a test of your knowledge, so there are no right or wrong answers.

How knowledgeable are you about suicide in Nepal? (circle a number)

NOT AT ALL KNOWLEDGEABLE 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE

2.How have you learned about suicide in Nepal? (circle all that apply)

∘ It has happened in my community

∘ I work in a job that deals with suicide

∘ It was a topic covered in presentations in my school/university

∘ Via news reporting in the media (newspapers, radio, TV, etc.)

∘ Via fiction stories in the media (cinema, TV, books, etc.)

3.Based on what you have heard, how big of a problem do you think suicide is in Nepal? (circle a number)

A VERY SMALL PROBLEM 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | A VERY BIG PROBLEM

4.Based on what you have heard, who do you think suicide is mostly a problem for, in Nepal? (circle one)

Women | Men | Equally so for women and men

Please complete the following sentences about at what age, how (via what method) andwhy women typically die of suicide in Nepal.

5.Based on what I have heard, when Nepali women kill themselves, they typically are around the age of __________________________________.

6.Based on what I have heard, when Nepali women kill themselves, they are usually (circle one)

single/never married | married | divorced | widowed

7.Based on what I have heard, when Nepali women kill themselves, they typically use a suicide method such as ____________________________________________________________.

8.Based on what I have heard, Nepali women typically use the above-mentioned method(s) because ________________________________________________________________________.

9.Based on what I have heard, it is possible to know that a Nepali woman is thinking about killing herself if she______________________________________________________________.

10.Based on what I have heard, when Nepali women kill themselves, it is usually because _______________________________________________________________________________.

11.Based on what I have heard, a common warning sign of suicide in Nepali women (for example, a behavior suggesting that she is considering killing herself) is _______________________________________________________________________________.

Please complete the following sentences about suicide prevention.

12.Suicide among Nepali women could be prevented if women could _______________________________________________________________________________.

13.Suicide among Nepali women could also be prevented if their family _______________________________________________________________________________.

14.Suicide among Nepali women could be further prevented if the government ________________________________________________________________________________

15.Ultimately, the most important step in preventing suicide among Nepali women is _______________________________________________________________________________.

In this section we ask for feedback about this survey so we can improve it.

16.How clear (understandable) is this survey? (circle a number)

NOT AT ALL CLEAR 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 VERY CLEAR

17.The item or items that are difficult to understand in this survey are items number __________. These items are difficult to understand because __________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________.

18.What additional questions do you think should be asked to better understand suicide in Nepal, specifically women’s suicide in Nepal? _______________________________________________________________________________.

19.Finally, please provide your definition of suicide: Suicide is _______________________________________________________________________________.

Note: The male version of the survey was identical to the female version, save for replacing the word “women” with the word “men” in items 5–18.