Suicidal behavior, suicidal ideation and patterns among youths in Anywaa zone, Gambella, Southwest Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study

Table 2 Prevalence of suicidal behavior and ideations reported by youth among youths in Anywaa zone, Gambella, Southwest Ethiopia: 2017

Variables	Category	N	Frequency	Percent
Life isn’t worth living	Yes	106	65	61.3
Life isn’t worth living	No	106	41	38.7
My family would be better off without me	Yes	106	68	64.2
My family would be better off without me	No	106	38	35.8
Next time ‘ll take enough pills to do the job right	Yes	106	56	52.8
Next time ‘ll take enough pills to do the job right	No	106	50	47.2
I won’t be around to deals with that	Yes	106	64	58.5
I won’t be around to deals with that	No	106	44	41.5
You ‘ll be sorry when I’m gone	Yes	106	76	71.7
You ‘ll be sorry when I’m gone	No	106	30	28.3
I won’t be in your way much longer	Yes	106	61	57.5
I won’t be in your way much longer	No	106	45	42.5
I just can’t deal with everything- life’s too hard	Yes	106	63	59.4
I just can’t deal with everything- life’s too hard	No	106	43	40.6
Nobody understand me-nobody feel the way I do	Yes	106	74	69.8
Nobody understand me-nobody feel the way I do	No	106	32	30.2
There is nothing I can do to make it better	Yes	106	61	57.5
There is nothing I can do to make it better	No	106	45	42.5
I’d be better off dead	Yes	106	66	62.3
I’d be better off dead	No	106	40	37.7
I feel like there is no way out	Yes	106	68	64.2
I feel like there is no way out	No	106	38	35.8
Signs of planning a suicide such as obtaining a weapon or writing a suicide note	Yes	106	48	45.3
	No	106	58	54.7

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