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Table 2 Characteristics of ANC health care providers*

From: Do health care providers give sufficient information and good counseling during ante-natal care in Lao PDR?: an observational study

Variable

Total (N = 77)a

Urban (n = 20)

Rural (n = 57)

P-value

Age (years)

 20–30

28 (36.8%)

6 (30.0%)

22 (38.6%)

 

 31–40

24 (31.2%)

4 (20.0%)

20 (35.1%)

0.139

 41–52

25 (32.5%)

10 (50.0%)

15 (26.0%)

 

 Mean (SD)

34.95 (8.76)

38.20 (9.64)

33.81 (8.09)

0.051

Sex

 Female

76 (98.7%)

20 (100.0%)

56 (98.2%)

 

 Male

1 (1.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.8%)

1.00

Professional

 General practitioner

14 (18.2%)

5 (25.0%)

9 (15.8%)

 

 Nurse

46 (59.7%)

10 (50.0%)

36 (63.2%)

0.542

 Midwife

17 (22.1%)

5 (25.0%)

12 (21.1%)

 

Working experience (years)

 1–10

38 (49.4%)

8 (40.0%)

30 (52.6%)

 

 11–20

21 (27.3%)

4 (20.0%)

17 (29.8%)

0.123

 21–33

18 (23.4%)

8 (40.0%)

10 (17.5%)

 

 Median (range)

11 (1–33)

17 (1–33)

9 (1–29)

0.042

  1. aThis is the number of observations recorded from 77 health providers who provided ANC
  2. *Data shown as number (%) unless indicated