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This study utilized the 2019 Women’s Wellbeing Survey conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in Sri Lanka to investigate the factors influencing suicidal ideation among married/cohabiting women. The study sample consists of secondary data from 1462 females, who were 15 years or older and currently married or living with a male partner, extracted from WWS 2019. Binary logistic regression was employed to analyze the association between suicidal ideation in married/cohabiting women and various independent variables. Among the respondents, 13.2% of married/cohabiting women reported having suicidal thoughts. Several factors were found to increase the likelihood of such ideation: a partner’s extramarital affair, feelings of worthlessness and restlessness, partners consuming alcohol, experience of psychological violence and physical violence by the current partner, physical violence experienced since the age of 15, and childhood sexual violence. Conversely, lower odds of suicidal ideation were observed among women who married/cohabited between the ages of 20–29 compared to those in the 10–19 age category, and among unemployed women. This study emphasizes the urgency of addressing intimate partner violence, childhood sexual abuse, early marriages, and the mental well-being of vulnerable women, as these factors significantly impact their risk of life-threatening issues.

本研究借助斯里兰卡人口与统计部（Department of Census and Statistics, DCS）开展的2019年女性福祉调查（Women’s Wellbeing Survey, WWS 2019），探究影响已婚/同居女性自杀意念（suicidal ideation）的相关因素。
本次研究的样本取自WWS 2019的二手数据，共纳入1462名年满15周岁、当前已婚或与男性伴侣同居的女性。
本研究采用二元逻辑回归（binary logistic regression）模型，分析已婚/同居女性的自杀意念与各类自变量间的关联。
在受访对象中，13.2%的已婚/同居女性自述曾产生自杀念头。
研究发现多种因素会提升此类自杀意念的发生风险：伴侣存在婚外情、个体产生无价值感与烦躁情绪、伴侣饮酒、当前伴侣实施心理暴力与肢体暴力、15岁起遭遇肢体暴力，以及童年时期遭受性暴力。
与之相反，相较于10-19岁年龄段群体，20-29岁年龄段结婚/同居的女性以及失业女性，其出现自杀意念的概率更低。
本研究强调，需紧急处理亲密伴侣暴力（intimate partner violence）、童年性虐待（childhood sexual abuse）、早婚问题，并关注弱势女性的心理健康，上述因素均会显著提升她们遭遇致命健康风险的概率。