Table 2 Differences in characteristics among perpetrators involved in the different forms of suicide/homicides (N = 56)
Perpetrators characteristics | Total N (%) | Forms of incidents | F/χ2 (p-value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Homicides n (%) 25 (44.64) | Suicides n (%) 14 (25.00) | Homicide-suicides n (%) 17 (30.36) | |||
Country | |||||
 Kenya | 15 (26.79) | 2 (13.33) | 1 (6.67) | 12 (80.00) | 23.88 (< 0.001) |
 Uganda | 41 (73.21) | 23 (56.10) | 13 (31.71) | 5 (12.20) | |
Age (μ ± SD); missing | 33.5 ± 8.81; 41 | 28.80 ± 6.14; 20 | 44.25 ± 2.99; 10 | 30.17 ± 7.33; 11 | 8.59 (0.005) |
Sex | |||||
 Female | 3 (5.36) | 1 (33.33) | 1 (33.33) | 1 (33.33) | 0.19 (0.910) |
 Male | 53 (94.64) | 24 (45.28) | 13 (24.53) | 16 (30.19) | |
Type of security | |||||
 Police officers | 29 (51.79) | 10 (34.48) | 8 (27.59) | 11 (37.93) | 8.00 (0.238) |
 Army officers | 18 (32.14) | 9 (50.00) | 5 (27.78) | 4 (22.22) | |
 Security guards | 6 (10.71) | 5 (83.33) | 1 (16.67) | 0 (0) | |
 Others | 3 (5.36) | 1 (33.33) | 0 (0) | 2 (66.67) | |
Service categories of officers | |||||
 Non-commissioned | 30 (52.63) | 14 (46.67) | 7 (23.33) | 9 (30.00) | 2.17 (0.705) |
 Junior | 4 (7.02) | 1 (25.00) | 2 (50.00) | 1 (25.00) | |
 Senior | 4 (7.02) | 1 (25.00) | 1 (25.00) | 2 (50.00) | |
 Missing | 19 (33.33) | - | - | - | |
Employment | |||||
 Government | 47 (83.93) | 19 (40.43) | 12 (25.53) | 16 (34.04) | 2.51 (0.286 0.286) |
 Private | 9 (16.07) | 6 (66.67) | 2 (22.22) | 1 (11.11) |  |