Table 2 Profile of health workers interviewed in intervention and control facilities
Intervention | Control | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Staff characteristics | bObs. | aMean (Std. Dev.) | aMean (Std. Dev.) | p-value |
Age | 213 | 37.4(13.1) | 37.6(13.1) | 0.9129 |
Gender | Obs. | Proportion (95 % CI) | Proportion (95 % CI) | |
Males | 468 | 39.5 (33.0 46.1) | 30.4 (24.7 36.1) | 0.039** |
Females | 60.5 (53.9 67.0) | 69.6 (63.9 75.3) | ||
Education | ||||
Below tertiary | 468 | 27.9 (21.9 33.9) | 20.6 (15.6 25.6) | 0.063* |
Tertiary | 72.1 (66.1 78.1) | 79.4 (74.4 84.4) | ||
Professional category | ||||
Clinical staffc | 468 | 74.4 (68.6 80.3) | 76.3 (71.0 81.5) | 0.640 |
Non-clinical staffd | 25.6 (19.7 31.4) | 23.7 (18.5 29.0) | ||
Marital status | ||||
Married | 465 | 43.9 (37.2 50.6) | 45.0 (38.8 51.2) | 0.813 |
Not married | 56.1 (49.4 62.8) | 55.0 (48.8 61.2) | ||
Religion | ||||
Christian | 466 | 96.7 (94.3 99.1) | 95.6 (93.1 98.2) | 0.541 |
Other | 3.3 (0.9 5.7) | 4.4 (1.8 6.9) | ||
Monthly salary | ||||
>GHC 1,300 | 458 | 7.1 (3.6 10.5) | 10.2 (6.4 14.0) | 0.243 |
<GHC 1,300 | 92.9 (89.5 96.4) | 89.8 (86.0 93.6) | ||
Belong to professional association | ||||
Yes | 320 | 61.0 (52.9 69.1) | 70.4 (63.7 77.1) | 0.078* |
No | 39.0 (30.9 47.1) | 29.6 (22.9 36.3) | ||
Region of work | ||||
Greater Accra | 468 | 51.2 (44.4 57.9) | 51.8 (45.6 58.0) | 0.894 |
Western | 48.8 (42.1 55.6) | 48.2 (42.0 54.4) | ||
Clinic ownership | ||||
Private | 468 | 59.1 (52.5 65.7) | 47.4 (41.2 53.6) | 0.012** |
Public | 40.9 (34.3 47.5) | 52.6 (46.4 58.8) | ||
Health insurance status | ||||
Insured | 452 | 76.4 (70.6 82.2) | 78.3 (73.1 83.5) | 0.642 |
Uninsured | 23.6 (17.8 29.4) | 21.7 (16.5 26.9) | ||