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Table 3 Characteristics of respondents - MLWs and district managers

From: Curriculum and training needs of mid-level health workers in Africa: a situational review from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda

 

MLWs

District Managers

 

Kenya

Nigeria

Uganda

Kenya

Nigeria

Uganda

S Africa

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Number of respondents

402

179

394

141

222

27

31

 Female

150

37.3

151

84.4

76

19.3

42

29.8

61

27.6

2

7.4

17

54.8

 Male

252

62.7

28

15.6

318

80.7

99

70.2

160

72.4

25

92.6

14

45.2

Age Mean ± SD

31.5 ± 8.2

41.4 ± 7.4

37.2 ± 8.8

39.8 ± 7.7

33.2 ± 7.0

46.5 ± 6.5

51.9 ± 6.5

Nature of district

 Predominantly rural

108

27.1

21

11.9

43

30.5

88

40.7

16

51.6

 Mixture of rural and urban

279

70.1

104

58.8

92

65.2

80

37.0

-

-

11

35.5

 Predominantly urban

11

2.8

52

29.4

6

4.3

48

22.2

4

12.9

Sector of work

 Public sector

356

89.2

173

97.2

        

 Mission & NGO

43

10.7

5

2.8

        

Type of facility

 Health post/dispensary

37

9.3

15

8.4

        

 Clinic & Health centre

86

24.1

162

91

        

 District centre

243

61.1

        

 Referral hospital

22

5.5

1

0.6