Table 2.

Bivariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with depression among police officers in Dar es Salaam

Characteristics/variables	Depression (n, %)	cOR (95% CI)	P value	aOR (95% CI)
Sex (n=481)
Male	74 (20.1)	1	0.882	1
Female	22 (19.5)	0.96 (0.57 to 1.63)		1.33 (0.59 to 2.98)
Age groups (n=388)
21–30	27 (26.2)	2.002 (1.07 to 3.764)*	0.031	1
31–40	26 (18.7)	1.297 (0.70 to 2.416)	0.413	0.55 (0.23 to 1.31)
41 and above	22 (15.1)	1		0.68 (0.17 to 2.71)
Marital status (n=464)
Single	19 (21.3)	0.81 (0.26 to 2.53)	0.722	1
Married	72 (20.3)	0.76 (0.27 to 2.17)	0.612	1.45 (0.58 to 3.66)
Others	5 (25.0)	1		0.92 (0.15 to 5.74)
Education (n=481)
Primary education	5 (10.0)	1		1
Secondary education	45 (19.9)	2.238 (0.84 to 5.96)	0.107	3.78 (0.41 to 35.04)
Higher education	46 (22.4)	2.604 (0.98 to 6.94)	0.056	6.34 (0.65 to 61.83)
Ranks (n=484)
Officers	2 (9.1)	0.37 (0.08 to 1.60)	0.183	1
Inspectors	8 (13.3)	0.57 (0.26 to 1.24)	0.153	1.18 (0.19 to 7.24)
File	86 (21.4)	1		1.11 (0.18 to 6.80)
Years at work (n=464)
5–14	60 (24.5)	1.83 (1.14 to 2.93)	0.012	1
15 and above	33 (15.1)	1		0.59 (0.19 to 1.81)
Years last promoted (n=469)
Less than 5 years	76 (21.2)	1.15 (0.49 to 2.72)	0.749	1
5–10 years	11 (15.1)	0.76 (0.27 to 2.16)	0.607	1.46 (0.53 to 4.03)
More than 10 years	7 (18.9)	1		0.93 (0.22 to 3.84)
Operational activities (n=470)
Yes	67 (19.1)	0.80 (0.49 to 1.33)	0.397	1
No	27 (22.7)	1		0.68 (0.29 to 1.57)
Police section (n=456)
General duty	21 (16.7)	0.74 (0.44 to 1.27)	0.277	1
Specialised sections	75 (21.2)	1		0.93 (0.39 to 2.15)
Perceived social support (n=426)
High	11 (6.8)	1		1
Fair	45 (20.9)	3.63 (1.81 to 7.28)	<0.001	4.56 (1.97 to 10.59)
Low	26 (55.3)	16.99 (7.34 to 39.36)	<0.001	28.04 (8.42 to 93.37)

*Factors that were statistically significant (p<0.05).

aOR, adjusted OR; cOR, crude OR.