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Table 5 Sociodemographic, personal, and criminal related factors associated with alcohol use disorder

From: Alcohol use disorder among prisoners in Debre Berhan prison, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Response category

AUD caseness

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

No (%)

Yes (%)

Age

≤ 20

38 (37.6)

63 (62.4)

1.0

1.0

21–24

36 (47.4)

40 (52.6)

0.7 (0.4, 1.2)

0.6 (0.3, 1.3)

25–29

34 (44.7)

42 (55.3)

0.7 (0.4, 1.4)

1.1 (0.5, 2.4)

> 30

34 (36.2%)

60 (63.8%)

1.1 (0.6, 1.9)

2.3 (1.0, 5.3)

Marital status

Unmarrieda

81 (37.5)

135 (62.5)

1.0

1.0

Married

61 (46.6)

70 (53.4)

0.7 (0.4, 1.1)

0.46 (0.2, 0.9)

Frequency of worship

Daily

30 (44.8)

37 (55.2)

0.8 (0.4, 1.4)

0.6 (0.3, 1.1)

2–3 times per week

15 (46.9)

17 (53.1)

0.7 (0.3, 1.6)

0.6 (0.2, 1.4)

Once a week

61 (39.6)

93 (60.4)

1.0

1.0

Less than weekly

29 (47.5)

32 (52.5)

0.7 (0.4, 1.3)

0.6 (0.3, 1.2)

Never

7 (21.21%)

26 (78.79%)

2.43 (1.00, 5.96)

1.38 (0.49, 3.88)

Residence

Urban

60 (35.7)

108 (64.3)

1.52 (1.0, 2.3)

1.23 (0.7, 2.2)

Rural

82 (45.8)

97 (54.2)

1.0

1.0

Index offense

Homicidal

54 (52.4)

49 (47.6)

1.0

1.0

Stealing & Robbery

20 (29.8)

47 (70.9)

2.59 (1.4, 5.0)

2.3 (1.0, 5.2)

Rape

15 (36.6)

26 (63.4)

1.9 (0.9, 4.0)

1.1 (0.4, 2.8)

Conflict

36 (39.6)

55 (60.4)

1.7 (1.0, 3.0)

1.7 (0.9, 3.4)

Other b

17 (37.8)

28 (62.2)

1.8 (0.9, 3.7)

2.6 (1.1, 5.9)

History of imprisonment

Yes

2 (12.5)

14 (87.5)

5.1(1.2, 22.9)

4.5 (0.9, 23.7)

No

140 (42.3)

191 (57.7)

1.0

1.0

Substance use for crime

Yes

23 (19.2)

97 (80.8)

4.6 (2.8, 7.8)

4.2 (2.3, 7.8)

No

119 (52.4)

108 (47.6)

1.0

1.0

Childhood separation

Yes

18 (23.4)

59 (76.6)

2.8 (1.6, 5.0)

1.8 (0.9, 3.6)

No

124 (45.9)

146 (54.1)

1.0

1.0

Childhood abuse

Yes

6 (15.0)

34 (85.0)

4.5(1.8, 11.0)

1.9 (0.7, 5.6)

No

136 (44.3)

171 (55.7)

1.0

1.0

Family hx of substance use

Yes

2 (7.4)

25 (92.6)

9.7(2.3, 41.7)

8.7 (1.7, 44.9)

No

140 (43.8)

180 (56.2)

1.0

1.0

Living status

Alone

25 (36.2)

44 (63.8)

1.4 (0.8, 2.5)

1.0 (0.5, 2.1)

With friend

9 (25.0)

27 (75.0)

2.4 (1.1, 5.4)

2.3 (0.9, 6.0)

With family

108 (44.6)

134 (55.4)

1.0

1.0

Satisfaction in life

Very poor

4 (30.8)

9 (69.2)

1.6 (0.5, 5.5)

0.6 (0.1, 3.0)

Poor

7 (28.0%)

18 (72.0%)

1.8 (0.7, 4.7)

1.2 (0.4, 3.4)

Neutral

23 (39.7%)

35 (60.3)

1.1 (0.6, 2.0)

0.8 (0.4, 1.6)

Good

53 (41.7)

74 (58.3)

1.0

1.0

Very good

55 (44.4)

69 (55.6)

0.9 (0.5, 1.5)

0.6 (0.4, 1.2)

Struggle to meet needs

Yes

17 (28.8)

42 (71.2)

1.9 (1.0, 3.5)

1.4 (0.6, 2.9)

No

125 (43.4)

163 (56.6)

1.0

1.0

  1. Abbreviations: AOR Adjusted odds ratio, AUD Alcohol use disorder, CI Confidence interval, COR Crude odds ratio, hx History
  2. Bold is for variables with p-value of < 0.05
  3. aSingle, divorced, separated, and widowed. broad traffic accident, protection of a person who committed a crime, smuggling, illegal person transfer, abduction, corruption, and cheating