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Table 1 Socio- demographic characteristics of the population

From: Prevalence and factors associated with post traumatic stress disorder among field police patrol officers serving in Kampala Metropolitan region

Socio-demographic characteristic

N = 392 (100%)

Division

 Wandegeya

150 (38.3)

 Kawempe

119 (30.4)

 Kakiri

123 (31.4)

Gender

 Female

85 (21.7)

 Male

307 (78.3)

 Age; Mean (st.dev)

34.86 (7.88)

Age

 20 to 25

11 (2.8)

 26 to 30

138 (35.2)

 31 to 40

164 (41.8)

  > 40

79 (20.2)

Marital status

 Single

82 (20.9)

 Married

305 (77.8)

 Separated

5 (1.3)

Religion

 

 Christian

321 (82.0)

 Muslim

38 (9.7)

 Others

33 (8.3)

Education Level

 11 years of school

99 (25.3)

 13 years of school

169 (43.1)

 More than 13 years of school

124 (31.6)

Region

 Northern

103 (26.4)

 Eastern

135 (34.4)

 Central

40 (10.2)

 Western

88 (22.4)

 Others

26 (6.6)