Statistical analysis
After demonstrating frequency distribution of study participants
by characteristics, bivariate analysis was performed. Age,
number of years of residence in Dar es Salaam and the sociocultural
activities score of the victims and the control group were
compared. The characteristics of the homicide victims by type
of deaths (ie, assault or mob violence) were examined.
Conditional logistic regression analysis was performed for 90
homicide victims and 211 controls keeping victims of homicide
as the dependent variable. A variable of place of residence was
included to adjust the influence of a difference in economic
levels of the place of residence.
The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 19.0, and α
level 0.05 was considered statistically significant.