Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the research participants, August 2021
Variable | Category | Implementation of Health Center Reform Guidelines | Total N = 364 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Project-supported (N = 184) | Non-project-supported (N = 180) | P-value | ||||||
| Â | Â | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Â | Frequency | Percent |
Region | Oromia | 125 | 67.9% | 120 | 66.7% | 0.797 | 245 | 67.3% |
SNNP | 59 | 32.1% | 60 | 33.3% | Â | 119 | 32.7% | |
Sex | Male | 121 | 65.8% | 124 | 68.9% | 0.525 | 245 | 67.0% |
Female | 63 | 34.2% | 56 | 31.1% | Â | 119 | 33.0% | |
Address | Rural | 133 | 72.3% | 141 | 78.3% | 0.181 | 274 | 75.0% |
Urban | 51 | 27.7% | 39 | 21.7% | Â | 90 | 25.0% | |
Age |  < 26 years | 48 | 26.0% | 54 | 30.0% | 0.453 | 102 | 28.0% |
26 – 30 years | 91 | 49.5% | 74 | 41.1% |  | 165 | 45.3% | |
31 – 35 years | 31 | 16.8% | 37 | 20.6% |  | 68 | 18.7% | |
36 + years | 14 | 7.6% | 15 | 8.3% |  | 29 | 8.0% | |
Profession | BSc public health officer | 47 | 25.5% | 34 | 18.9% | 0.672 | 81 | 22.3% |
Diploma nurse | 44 | 23.9% | 46 | 25.6% | Â | 90 | 24.7% | |
BSc nurse | 23 | 12.5% | 33 | 18.3% | Â | 56 | 15.4% | |
Management (diploma and BA) | 21 | 11.4% | 25 | 13.9% | Â | 46 | 12.6 | |
Midwife (BSc and diploma) | 19 | 10.3% | 16 | 8.9% | Â | 35 | 9.6% | |
BSc pharmacy | 13 | 7.0% | 12 | 6.7% | Â | 25 | 6.8% | |
BSc laboratory technologist | 10 | 5.4% | 9 | 5.0% | Â | 19 | 5.2% | |
Health information technician | 7 | 3.8% | 5 | 2.8% | Â | 12 | 3.3% | |
Marital status | Single | 99 | 53.8% | 92 | 51.1% | 0.876 | 191 | 52.7% |
Married | 84 | 45.7% | 87 | 48.3% | Â | 171 | 46.9% | |
Separated /divorced | 1 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.6% | Â | 2 | 0.5% | |
Years of service |  < 6 years | 81 | 44.0% | 80 | 44.4% | 0.619 | 161 | 44.2% |
6—15 years | 100 | 54.4% | 98 | 54.5% |  | 198 | 54.4% | |
16 + years | 3 | 1.6% | 2 | 1.1% |  | 5 | 1.4% | |