Correlates of conduct disorder among inmates of a Nigerian Borstal Institution

Table 2 Socio-demographic profile and conduct disorder

Variables	Absent N (%)	Present N (%)	Degree of freedom	Chi square	p value
Age group
14–16	16 (25.0)	10 (12.0)	1	4.164	0.041^a
17 and 18	48 (75.0)	73 (88.0)
Ethnicity
Yoruba	46 (71.9)	68 (81.9)	3	4.705	0.195
Hausa	4 (6.2)	1 (1.2)
Ibo	13 (21.9)	13 (15.7
Others	0(0)	1 (1.20)
Religion
Christianity	36 (56.2)	51 (61.4)	2	1.581	0.454
Islam	27 (42.2)	32 (38.6)
African traditional religion	1 (1.6)	0 (0)
Frequency religious participation
Rarely or never	37 (57.8)	49 (59.0)	1	0.022	0.881
Often	27 (42.2)	34 (41.0)
Family setting
Monogamous	32 (50.0)	26 (31.3)	1	5.276	0.022^a
Polygamous	32 (50.0)	57 (68.7)
No of siblings
Four or less	32 (50.0)	24 (28.9)	1	6.812	0.009^a
Five or more	32 (50.0)	59 (71.1)
Marital status (if both parents are alive)
Divorced/separated	24 (51.1)	39 (79.6)	2	14.668	0.001^a
Never married/Married but not living together	2 (4.3)	5 (10.2)
Married and living together	21 (44.6)	5 (10.2)
Who brought the participant up
Both parents	21 (32.8)	5 (6.0)	1	17.812	<0.01^a
Single parent/relatives	43 (67.2)	78 (94.0)
Age at parental separation/divorce/death
Less than 5 years	28 (65.1)	64 (82.1)	1	4.362	0.037^a
5 years or more	15 (34.9)	14 (17.9)
Previous history of incarceration
No	56 (87.5)	55 (66.3)	1	8.812	0.003^a
Yes	8 (12.5)	28 (33.7)
Reason for being incarcerated
Criminal	19 (29.7)	31 (37.3)	1	0.945	0.331
Non-criminal	45 (70.3)	52 (62.7)
Duration of stay
<12 months	32 (50.0)	35 (42.2)	2	1.279	0.528
12–24 months	31 (48.4)	45 (54.20
>24 months	1 (1.6)	3 (3.6)

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