Table 2. The effect of various factors on risk of repetition of suicide attempt assessed by the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R).

Category	SBQ-R score *		p-value**
	>8	<8
Marital status
Single	98	48	0.220
Married	128	42
Divorced/widow	63	23
Educational level
Illiterate	50	19	0.880
Primary	89	35
High school	89	31
College*	40	18
University education	19	10
Employment
Employed	181	66	0.220
Unemployed	106	47
Suicide attempt
First	210	80	0.420
Second	60	38
Third	9	3
Previous admission in psychiatric wards
Yes	49	16	0.290
No	238	97
History of drug abuse
Yes	43	20	0.290
No	244	93
History of suicide among family members
Yes	39	13	0.350
No	248	100
Motivation for suicide
Emotional failure	104	41	0.270
Educational problems	17	3
Problems with family members	108	41
Financial difficulties	25	17
Other	33	11
Psychiatric diagnosis
Dysthymia	32	17	0.200
Major depression	65	24
Generalized anxiety disorder	1	0
Personality disorder	28	8
Obsessive compulsive disorder	15	5
Adjustment disorders	109	54
Psychotic disorders	28	4
Phobia	9	1

* The values in the SBQ-R scores represent the number of patients in that category.
** p-values for the Pearson Chi-square test between categorical variables.