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Table 1 Characteristics of participants*

From: Midwives’ integration of post abortion manual vacuum aspiration in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a mixed methods case study & positive deviance assessment

 

Survey Respondents (n = 102)

Interviewed (n = 27)

Demographics of Participants

n (%**)

n (%)

 Gender

  Male

9 (8.8)

4 (14.8)

  Female

93 (92.2)

23 (85.2)

 Age

  20–39 years

40 (40.8)

9 (33.3)

  40–59 years

58 (59.2)

18 (66.6)

 Years as midwife

  15 years and less

24 (24.2)

16 (59.3)

  More than 15 years

75 (75.8)

11 (40.7)

 Type of Midwife

  Midwife

65 (63.7)

18 (66.7)

  Auxiliary midwife

37 (36.2)

9 (33.3)

 Teaching (official or otherwise)

27 (26.5)

8 (29.6)

 Other MVA training

25 (25.3)

9 (33.3)

 Other EmONC training

29 (28.7)

8 (29.6)

Hospital Characteristics

 Type of EmONC services

  Comprehensive

86 (85.1)

24 (88.9)

  Basic

15 (14.9)

3 (11.1)

 Operating Authority

  Government

86 (84.3)

17 (63)

  Private

9 (8.8)

5 (18.5)

  Catholic (Mission)

7 (6.9)

5 (18.5)

 Offers MVA for post abortion care

91 (90.1)

24 (88.9)

 Consistent supplies MVA

65 (63.7)

21 (77.8)

  1. *The sample was chosen from a purposive list of 350 midwives trained by SCOSAF in MVA in either 2017 or 2018, working in facilities offering MVA for post abortion care. All midwives contacted to participate in the study agreed to be surveyed
  2. **Percentages among known responses