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Therefore, we studied suicidality (SI and SA) among married adults in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This was a household cross-sectional study. A total of 708 married adults were selected for this study using a multi-stage random sampling. Suicidality was measured based on two factors: (i) suicidal ideation, and (ii) suicide attempt. Frequency distribution, Chi-square test and multiple binary logistic regression model were used in this study according to our objectives.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, and suicidality was 5.8%, 3.4%, and 8.3% respectively among married adults. A multiple binary logistic regression model provided the following risk factors of suicidality: (i) joint family (AOR = 0.310, p&lt;0.01), (ii) \u226526 years of age at the first marriage (AOR = 0.379, p&lt;0.05), (iii) twice or more marriage (AOR = 0.214, p&lt;0.01), (iv) conjugal life of \u226516 years (AOR = 0.410, p&lt;0.05), (v) having no child (AOR = 6.343, p&lt;0.01) and (vi) having 1\u20132 children (AOR = 6.190, p&lt;0.01), (vii) medical comorbidity (AOR = 0.421, p&lt;0.01), (viii) mental comorbidity (AOR = 0.253, p&lt;0.01), (ix) stress-anxiety (AOR = 0.311, p&lt;0.01), (x) family history of mental disorders (AOR = 0.059, p&lt;0.01), (xi) family history of suicide\/suicide attempt (AOR = 0.009, p&lt;0.01), (xii) substance abuse (AOR = 0.065, p&lt;0.01), (xiii) poor relationship with spouse (AOR = 0.209, p&lt;0.01), and (xiv) poor relationship with other family members (AOR = 0.347, p&lt;0.05).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The prevalence of suicidality is remarkable in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh. 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