Table 3.

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

Characteristics/variables	Suicidality (n, %)	cOR (95% CI)	P value	aOR (95% CI)
Sex (n=483)
Male	58 (15.7)	1.05 (0.58 to 1.89)	0.871	1
Female	17 (15.0)	1		1.21 (0.52 to 2.82)
Age group (n=390)
21–30	16 (15.5)	1.11 (0.55 to 2.25)	0.768	1
31–40	22 (15.8)	1.14 (0.59 to 2.18)	0.768	0.62 (0.23 to 1.67)
41 and above	21 (14.2)	1		0.34 (0.08 to 1.39)
Marital status (n=466)
Single	13 (14.6)	0.68 (0.19 to 2.37)	0.55	1
Married	58 (16.2)	0.78 (0.25 to 2.41)	0.66	1.21 (0.44 to 3.34)
Others	4 (20.0)	1		1.17 (0.19 to 6.92)
Education (n=483)
Primary education	6 (11.8)	0.73 (0.29 to 1.84)	0.499	1
Secondary education	37 (16.4)	1.06 (0.64 to 1.78)	0.812	1.33 (0.23 to 7.95)
Higher education	32 (15.5)	1		1.42 (0.23 to 8.66)
Police rank (n=486)
Officers	2 (9.1)	0.53 (0.12 to 2.33)	0.402	1
Inspectors	9 (15.0)	0.94 (0.44 to 1.99)	0.867	2.18 (0.23 to 20.86)
File	64 (15.8)	1		1.28 (0.13 to 12.51)
Years at work (n=465)
5–14	41 (16.7)	1.27 (0.76 to 2.12)	0.354	1
15 and above	30 (13.6)	1		1.60 (0.53 to 4.83)
Years last promoted (n=469)
Less than 5 years	76 (21.2)	0.80 (0.34 to 1.92)	0.622	1
5–10 years	11 (15.1)	0.38 (0.12 to 1.24)	0.109	1.04 (0.31 to 3.45)
More than 10 years	7 (18.9)	1		2.29 (0.67 to 7.89)
Operational activities (n=471)
Yes	54 (15.4)	1.10 (0.61 to 1.99)	0.748	1
No	17 (14.2)	1		0.52 (0.20 to 1.35)
Police section (n=456)
General duty	14 (11.0)	0.59 (0.32 to 1.11)	0.103	1
Specialised sections	61 (17.2)	1		1.09 (0.43 to 2.78)
Perceived social support (n=426)
High	14 (8.64)	1		1
Fair	30 (13.95)	1.71 (0.88 to 3.35)	0.115	1.43 (0.64 to 3.19)
Low	21 (43.75)	8.22 (3.73 to 18.13)	<0.001	10.85 (3.56 to 33.08)

aOR, adjusted OR; cOR, crude OR.