Table 1 Percentage of female MCH workers for the different service types in the three regions
From: China’s human resources for maternal and child health: a national sampling survey
Type of MCH work (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region | Women’s health | Children’s health | Health education | Training and supervision | Management | Project/ research/ education | Statistics |
East | 95.2 | 77.8 | 89.7 | 87.7 | 78.6 | 86.0 | 89.2 |
Central | 94.3 | 72.9 | 89.3 | 86.4 | 74.0 | 82.9 | 89.4 |
West | 96.4 | 83.7 | 91.6 | 90.4 | 83.6 | 89.0 | 92.4 |
Total | 95.2 | 78.2 | 90.2 | 88.2 | 78.7 | 86.2 | 90.4 |