Depression and experience of incarceration in North Central Nigeria: a situation analysis at Makurdi medium security prison

Table 4 Perceived social consequences

Variables	Frequency	Percent (%)
Consequences on the family^a
Family embarrassed	276	44.7
Lost job	205	33.2
Children living with relatives	66	10.7
Spouse left	41	6.6
Children dropped out of school	29	4.7
Anticipated difficulty with future employment
Yes	120	31.5
No	261	68.5
Religion
Become more religious	321	84.3
Lost faith in God	60	15.7
Most painful loss^a
Job loss	191	39.6
Life ruined	125	25.9
Family and children neglected	117	24.3
Spousal abandonment	49	10.2
Emotional response to stay in prison^a
Become a better person	268	28.5
Seen that Government is unfair	233	24.7
Convinced nobody cares	179	19.0
Angry and bitter towards society	152	16.4
Learned to be smarter	110	11.7

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