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Pregnant women in South Africa who live in poor communities are more likely to consider or attempt suicide than the general population. Mike Hutchings/Reuters

How social factors drive up suicide rates among pregnant women

Jason Bantjes, Stellenbosch University; Nnachebe Michael Onah, University of Waterloo; Sally Field, University of Cape Town, and Simone Honikman, University of Cape Town

Depression may lead pregnant women to engage in suicidal behaviour. But the socioeconomic contexts pregnant women are in may also contribute to their suicide risk.

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