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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of prisoners in the correctional institution in Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, June–July 2017 (n = 329) and bivariate analysis of socio-demographic characteristics

From: Substance use disorder and associated factors among prisoners in a correctional institution in Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Category

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Substance use disorder

COR (95% CI)

P value

No (%)

Yes (%)

Sex

Male

307

93.3

130 (42.3)

177 (57.7)

2.92 (1.16–7.36)

0.023a

Female

22

6.7

15 (68.2)

7 (31.8)

Reference value

 

Age categories

< 30

219

66.6

98 (44.7)

121 (55.3)

1.52 (0.49–4.67)

0.465

≥ 30

110

33.4

47 (42.7)

63 (57.3)

Reference value

 

Place of residence

Rural

106

32.2

60 (56.6)

46 (43.4)

Reference value

 

Urban

223

67.8

85 (38.1)

138 (61.9)

2.12 (1.32–3.39)

0.002a

Ethnicitya

Oromo

210

63.8

–

–

–

–

Amhara

51

15.5

–

–

–

–

Tigray

16

4.9

–

–

–

–

Gurage

17

5.2

–

–

–

–

Dawuro

17

5.2

–

–

–

–

Yem

16

4.9

–

–

–

–

Otherb

2

0.6

–

–

–

–

Educational status

No formal education

27

8.2

11 (40.7)

16 (59.3)

Reference value

 

Primary education

178

54.1

83 (46.6)

95 (53.4)

0.79 (0.35–1.79)

0.568

Secondary education

94

28.6

41 (43.6)

53 (56.4)

0.89 (0.37–2.12)

0.790

Tertiary education

30

9.1

10 (33.3)

20 (66.7)

1.38 (0.47–4.05)

0.563

Religion

Muslim

181

55.0

79 (43.6)

102 (56.4)

2.91 (0.86–9.78)

0.085a

Orthodox

97

29.5

40 (41.2)

57 (58.8)

3.21 (0.92–1.14)

0.067a

Protestant

38

11.6

17 (44.7)

21 (55.3)

2.78 (0.73–0.62)

0.135a

Catholic

13

4.0

9 (69.2)

4 (30.8)

Reference value

 

Marital status

Married

124

37.7

58 (46.8)

66 (53.2)

Reference value

 

Unmarried

205

62.3

87 (42.4)

118 (57.6)

1.19 (0.76–1.87)

0.443

Occupation

Employed

134

40.7

62 (46.3)

72 (53.7)

Reference value

 

Unemployed

36

10.9

14 (38.9)

22 (61.1)

1.35 (0.64–2.87)

0.430

Farmer

99

30.1

40 (40.4)

59 (59.6)

1.27 (0.75–2.15)

0.373

Student

43

13.1

22 (51.2)

21 (48.8)

0.82 (0.41–1.64)

0.576

Otherc

17

5.2

7 (41.2)

10 (58.8)

1.23 (0.44–3.43)

0.692

Average monthly income (birr)

< 1200

192

58.4

81 (42.2)

111 (57.8)

Reference value

 

≥1200

137

41.6

64 (46.7)

73 (53.3)

0.83 (0.54–1.29)

0.415

  1. Reference value: In the analysis, this variable indicated lower risk for developing substance use; coded as zero in SPSS logistic regression
  2. aBivariate analysis was not performed for ethnicities
  3. bOther ethnicities: kafa, walayita, and silte
  4. cOther occupations: retired or homemaker
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