Table 4 Reasons for springing up of PSCs by city
From: An assessment of households’ perceptions of private security companies and crime in urban Ghana
| Reason | Selected cities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accra | Kumasi | Takoradi | Tamale | Total | |
| Job creation drive/business motive | 18.7 | 14.3 | 28.4 | 22.0 | 21.6 |
| Complimentary efforts to enhance communal security | 18.7 | 26.2 | 15.0 | 4.9 | 18.1 |
| Absence of public security set-up | 16.5 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 4.9 | 16.7 |
| Loss of confidence in public security | 21.1 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 26.8 | 14.8 |
| Over-population with an unmet security needs | 10.9 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 29.3 | 12.8 |
| Community self-help initiative | 9.7 | 10.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| Came alongside a multinational company | 1.9 | 5.4 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| Affordability/tailor-made services | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 12.2 | 2.8 |
| Other | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |