Socio-demographic Predictors of Quality of Life among Frontline Army Officers in Nigeria
Abstract
Frontline army officers are the bulk manpower frequently deployed to fight the insurgent groups in Nigeria. While studies have investigated psychological predictors of quality of life among frontline army officers, studies linking socio-demographic variables with quality of life among these officers are lacking. Therefore, this study examined the predictive ability of socio-demographic factors on quality of life among frontline army officers in Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted while purposive sampling technique was used to select Abuja and Maiduguri cantonments. Data were collected from 207 frontline army officers using validated questionnaires and analyzed using multiple regression analysis and independent samples t-test. Two hypotheses were tested and accepted at p =.001 level of significance. The result indicated that socio-demographic factors of age, religion, marital status, educational level and income level jointly predicted quality of life among study participants [R2=.27, F(5, 201) = 14.99, p =.00]. In addition, the result revealed that gender did not significantly influence quality of life among study participants [t(205) = 1.33, p >.05].The study concluded that socio-demographic factors tend to moderately predict quality of life among frontline army officers. It is recommended that military authority should regularly profile frontline army officers to ascertain their quality of life status.
