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Table 3 Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model fitted to identify factors associated with prisoner’s social support among prisoners imprisoned in selected correctional institution of Northwest Amhara, Ethiopia

From: Status of perceived social support and its associated factors among inmate prisoners in Northwest Amhara, Ethiopia

Explanatory variables

Social support

COR95% CI

AOR95% CI

Good

Poor

Residence

 Urban

301

133

1

1

 Rural

119

96

0.55 (0.39, 0.77)

0.62 (0.41, 0.93)*

Religion

 Orthodox

384

200

1

1

 Others (Catholic, Muslim, Protestant)

36

29

0.65 (0.38, 1.09)

0.48 (0.27, 0.86)*

Marital status of the prisoner

 Single

211

95

1

 

 Married

143

85

0.75 (0.53, 1.09)

 

 Separated

66

49

0.60 (0.39, 0.95)

 

Educational status of the prisoner

 Not read and write

50

58

1

1

 Read and write

68

29

2.70 (1.52, 4.82)

2.86 (1.53, 5.35)*

 1–8 class

76

53

1.66 (0.99, 2.79)

1.51 (0.84, 2.70)

 9–12 class

145

61

2.69 (1.65, 4.39)

1.95 (1.10, 3.43)*

 College and above

81

28

3.20 (1.78, 5.75)

2.35 (1.20, 4.59)*

Did you felt happy with your life until you become prisoner

 Yes

377

190

1

 

 No

43

39

0.54 (0.34, 0.87)

 

Do you have friend in this prison

 Yes

292

115

1

1

 No

128

114

0.45 (0.32, 0.63)

0.48 (0.33, 0.70)**

Have you been discriminated because of crime you have committed

 Yes

162

121

0.54 (0.39, 0.75)

0.55 (0.38, 0.80)**

 No

258

108

1

1

How often you feel guilty

 Always

236

118

1

1

 Sometimes

73

32

1.08 (0.67, 1.74)

0.91 (0.54, 1.55)

 Never

111

79

0.71 (0.49, 1.02)

0.60 (0.39, 0.91)*

Previous psychiatric problem

 Yes

50

42

0.54 (0.34, 0.86)

 

 No

370

187

1

 

Family history of mental illness

 Yes

49

35

0.66 (0.41, 1.07)

 

 No

371

194

1

 

Is there any impossibilities that prevent you to resettle to the previous state

 Yes

124

89

0.57 (0.40, 0.82)

0.62 (0.42, 0.91)*

 No

296

140

1

1

Psychological distress

 Distressed

340

201

1

 

 Not distressed

80

28

1.71 (1.07, 2.75)

 

Depression

 Depressed

169

115

1

 

 Not depressed

251

114

1.64 (1.17, 2.30)

 
  1. Significance (P-value) ** 0.01, * 0.05