Table 5 Reasons for proliferation of PSCs by neighbourhood socio-economic status
From: An assessment of households’ perceptions of private security companies and crime in urban Ghana
Reason | Community SE status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Middle | High | Total | |
Job creation drive/business motive | 19.4 | 19.8 | 22.6 | 20.9 |
Complimentary efforts to enhance communal security | 14.6 | 16.6 | 20.8 | 18.1 |
Absence of public security set-up | 9.7 | 21.1 | 15.5 | 17.3 |
Loss of confidence in public security | 18.4 | 18.7 | 8.9 | 14.6 |
Over-population with an unmet security needs | 19.5 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 13.0 |
Community self-help initiative | 8.7 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
Came alongside a multinational company | 2.9 | 4.8 | 8.9 | 6.3 |
Affordability/tailor-made services | 5.8 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
Other | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |