Table 1 Characteristics of the sample
Panel A: Characteristics of participating hospitals | Panel B: Characteristics of respondents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | ||
ALL HOSPITALS | 162 | 100.0 | ALL RESPONDENTS | 316 | 100.0 % |
RURAL/URBAN LOCATION | GENDER | ||||
Urban | 63 | 38.9 % | Male | 237 | 75.0 % |
Rural | 99 | 61.1 % | Female | 79 | 25.0 % |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | EDUCATION | ||||
Eastern | 64 | 39.5 % | College (junior college) | 222 | 70.3 % |
Central | 48 | 29.6 % | Postgraduate | 94 | 29.7 % |
Western | 50 | 30.9 % | CLINICAL JOB TITLE† | ||
HOSPITAL LEVEL | Consultant (i.e., directors) | 182 | 57.6 % | ||
Secondary or below | 97 | 59.9 % | Attendant | 85 | 26.9 % |
Tertiary | 65 | 40.1 % | Resident | 41 | 13.0 % |
TEACHING STATUS | Nurse | 4 | 1.3 % | ||
Teaching | 68 | 42.0 % | Other (non-clinical) | 4 | 1.3 % |
Non-teaching | 53 | 32.7 % | SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION IN HOSPITAL | ||
No response | 41 | 25.3 % | Yes | 198 | 62.7 % |
No | 118 | 37.3 % | |||
NUMBER OF YEARS WORKING IN DEPARTMENT‡ | |||||
x ≤ 5 | 67 | 21.2 % | |||
5 < x ≤10 | 57 | 18.0 % | |||
10 < x ≤ 20 | 106 | 33.5 % | |||
>20 | 85 | 26.9 % | |||