Table 3 The relationship between victims’ characteristics and types of security of perpetrators
Victims’ characteristics | Type of security | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | Police officer n (%) 29 (50.88) | Army officer n (%) 21 (36.84) | Security guards n (%) 5 (8.77) | Others n (%) 2 (3.51) | F/χ 2 (p-value) | |
Citizenship of victims | ||||||
 Ugandans | 34 (59.65) | 9 (26.47) | 19 (55.88) | 4 (11.76) | 2 (5.88) | 24.02 (0.001) |
 Kenyans | 20 (35.09) | 18 (90.00) | 2 (10.00) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
 Others | 3 (5.26) | 2 (66.67) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.33) | 0 (0) | |
Age of victims | ||||||
 Mean ± SD | 32.72 ± 10.94 | 30.70 ± 8.81 | 35.45 ± 16.11 | 28.67 ± 4.04 | 24 ± 0 | 0.32 (0.967) |
Gender | ||||||
 Females | 20 (35.09) | 9 (50.00) | 8 (40.00) | 2 (10.00) | 1 (5.00) | 0.54 (0.910) |
 Males | 37 (64.91) | 20 (54.05) | 13 (35.14) | 3 (8.11) | 1 (2.70) | |
Victim category | ||||||
 Civilian | 18 (31.58) | 12 (66.67) | 5 (27.78) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.56) | 5.04 (0.169) |
 Officer | 20 (35.09) | 8 (40.00) | 7 (35.00) | 4 (20.00) | 1 (5.00) | |
 Missing | 19 (33.33) | - | - | - | - |  |