Table 5 Education levels of women and children’s health workers
From: China’s human resources for maternal and child health: a national sampling survey
Education level(women’s health) (%) | Education level(children’s health) (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area | Type of MCH-related institutions | Master and above | Bachelor | Associate degree | High school and lower | Master and above | Bachelor | Associate degree | High school and below |
East | General hospital | 3.7 | 35.0 | 33.7 | 27.7 | 6.6 | 41.1 | 29.8 | 22.5 |
Specialized MCH institution | 3.5 | 38.4 | 27.8 | 30.3 | 2.3 | 35.4 | 31.7 | 30.6 | |
Township health center/Community health center | 0.2 | 17.6 | 42.2 | 40.0 | 0.3 | 20.1 | 41.6 | 38.0 | |
Family planning service station | 0.0 | 26.4 | 31.0 | 42.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
Others | 3.0 | 45.1 | 23.9 | 28.0 | 0.0 | 65.5 | 19.6 | 14.9 | |
subtotal | 2.3 | 29.1 | 35.7 | 32.9 | 3.4 | 31.8 | 34.8 | 30.0 | |
Central | General hospital | 2.0 | 29.4 | 43.1 | 25.5 | 1.5 | 36.3 | 40.3 | 21.9 |
Specialized MCH institution | 0.1 | 23.7 | 41.2 | 35.0 | 0.2 | 28.5 | 45.5 | 25.8 | |
Township health center/Community health center | 0.0 | 7.2 | 45.1 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 48.1 | 43.3 | |
Family planning service station | 0.0 | 12.0 | 54.2 | 33.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 40.0 | |
Others | 0.0 | 12.5 | 42.5 | 45.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 44.8 | 44.8 | |
subtotal | 0.6 | 17.5 | 44.0 | 37.8 | 0.5 | 20.3 | 45.4 | 33.8 | |
West | General hospital | 3.7 | 32.9 | 45.7 | 17.8 | 4.6 | 35.8 | 44.7 | 14.9 |
Specialized MCH institution | 0.2 | 20.0 | 48.9 | 30.9 | 0.2 | 27.8 | 46.7 | 25.3 | |
Township health center/Community health center | 0.0 | 13.5 | 50.0 | 36.6 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 49.5 | 36.8 | |
Family planning service station | 0.0 | 22.3 | 41.7 | 35.9 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 0.0 | |
Others | 0.0 | 6.3 | 68.8 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 44.4 | 33.3 | |
Subtotal | 2.0 | 24.9 | 47.4 | 25.7 | 2.8 | 28.6 | 46.3 | 22.3 | |
Total | General hospital | 3.2 | 32.7 | 40.9 | 23.1 | 4.6 | 37.4 | 39.5 | 18.4 |
Specialized MCH institution | 1.4 | 28.2 | 38.1 | 32.4 | 0.9 | 30.4 | 41.6 | 27.1 | |
Township health center/Community health center | 0.1 | 12.3 | 45.4 | 42.3 | 0.1 | 13.6 | 46.5 | 39.8 | |
Family planning service station | 0.0 | 16.2 | 48.5 | 35.3 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 58.8 | 23.5 | |
Others | 0.9 | 21.0 | 42.2 | 35.9 | 0.0 | 26.2 | 39.1 | 34.7 | |
Total | 1.6 | 23.7 | 42.3 | 32.3 | 2.3 | 27.0 | 42.6 | 28.2 | |