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Table 2 Background characteristics of providers surveyed from health facilities

From: Provider imposed restrictions to clients’ access to family planning in urban Uttar Pradesh, India: a mixed methods study

Characteristic

Provider type

 
 

Doctors

Ayush doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Traditional birth attendants

Other*

Total

 

n = 598

n = 260

n = 441

n = 95

n = 172

n = 186

n = 1752

Facility type provider working in

      

  High volume public

8.4

1.2

7.3

15.8

11.1

13.4

8.2

  High volume private

25.8

4.6

29.9

16.8

40.7

11.3

23.1

  Public

5.9

3.5

6.6

53.7

21.5

54.3

15.0

  Private

60.0

90.8

56.2

13.7

26.7

21.0

53.7

Number of years at facility

       

  Less than one year

5.2

3.5

13.8

11.6

5.8

8.1

7.8

  1-2 years

9.5

10.4

20.6

25.3

22.7

18.3

15.5

  3-5 years

17.6

15.8

29.3

16.8

23.3

22.0

21.2

  6-9 years

18.2

17.3

13.2

13.7

19.8

15.1

16.4

  10-19 years

28.6

29.2

15.2

14.7

18.0

21.0

22.7

  20+ years

20.4

23.9

7.5

16.8

9.9

14.0

15.8

  Don’t remember/missing

0.5

0.0

0.5

1.1

0.6

1.6

0.6

Sex of respondent

       

  Male

48.0

90.4

12.5

2.1

1.7

33.9

36.8

  Female

52.0

9.6

87.5

97.9

98.3

66.1

63.2

Received any in-service training on FP

      

  Yes

23.9

25.4

14.3

48.4

4.7

52.7

24.2

  No

76.1

74.6

85.7

51.6

95.4

47.3

75.8

Received any in-service training on FP in the last year

n = 143

n = 66

n = 63

n = 46

n = 8

n = 98

n = 424

  Yes

15.4

24.2

25.4

17.4

0.0

13.3

17.7

  No

72.7

68.2

66.7

78.3

75.0

74.5

72.2

  Don’t remember/missing

11.9

7.6

7.9

4.4

25.0

12.2

10.1

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

  1. *Other includes health educators, social workers, lady health volunteers and administrators.