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Table 6 Education levels of women and children’s health workers of different institutions in the three regions

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

Location level 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

Province level

16.4

44.5

17.1

21.9

14.8

38.5

27.1

19.6

Prefectural level

4.5

41.9

28.3

25.3

10.9

42.1

29.9

17.2

County level

2.4

35.2

32.9

29.5

1.3

39.3

31.7

27.8

Township level

0.2

17.7

42.3

39.8

0.3

21.0

40.9

37.7

Subtotal

2.2

29.0

35.7

33.1

3.4

31.7

34.9

30.0

Central

Province level

33.9

46.4

14.3

5.4

40.0

40.0

16.0

4.0

Prefectural level

2.5

41.3

36.6

19.5

1.5

45.1

35.2

18.3

County level

0.2

21.9

45.5

32.4

0.1

27.4

46.9

25.6

Township level

0.0

7.6

44.9

47.5

0.0

9.1

47.6

43.3

Subtotal

0.6

17.6

44.0

37.8

0.5

20.3

45.4

33.8

West

Province level

7.2

37.3

43.4

12.1

6.2

39.5

44.8

9.5

Prefectural level

3.3

38.2

43.0

15.5

5.1

34.9

44.3

15.8

County level

0.4

22.3

50.0

27.2

0.2

30.0

47.4

22.5

Township level

0.2

13.3

49.4

37.1

0.1

13.8

48.6

37.5

Subtotal

2.0

24.9

47.4

25.7

2.8

28.6

46.3

22.3

Total

Province level

9.9

39.0

37.5

13.6

9.5

39.2

38.7

12.6

Prefectural level

3.3

40.1

37.5

19.1

5.0

38.3

40.1

16.6

County level

1.1

27.1

41.8

29.9

0.6

32.6

41.3

25.5

Township level

0.1

12.5

45.1

42.3

0.1

14.1

45.8

39.9

Total

1.6

23.7

42.3

32.4

2.2

27.0

42.6

28.2

  1. Abbreviation: MCH maternal and child health