Occupational Stress and Demographic Difference among Police Officers; A Case of Niger State Police Command

The study aims at finding the relationship between occupational stress and demographic variables (gender, age, marital status, qualification, experience, rank and income). A descriptive survey was used in the study. Questionnaire was the main instrument used to gather the data for this study. A total of 384 police officers were randomly selected from the four area command of the police in Niger state, with a staff strength of 11,750 (2017). The results showed that majority of the police officers were moderately and highly stressed with male officers’ workers recording the highest level of occupational stress compared to their female counterparts. The study further indicated that, there is evidence of significant relationship between occupational stress and demographic variables (gender, age, marital status, qualification, experience, rank, and income). It is recommended that employers should take note and take the necessary measures to ameliorate occupational stress differences since individuals differ in their response to stressful situations.