Table 1.
Study population of the survey (N = 370)
| Characteristics | Number | % |
| Location | ||
| Bamako | 222 | 60% |
| Sikasso | 115 | 31% |
| Mopti | 33 | 9% |
| Employer | ||
| Public sector | 274 | 74% |
| Community level | 71 | 19% |
| Private sector | 24 | 6.5% |
| Missing | 1 | 0.5% |
| Type of facility | ||
| Referral health centre | 133 | 36% |
| Tertiary hospital in Bamako | 89 | 24% |
| Community health centre | 85 | 23% |
| Regional hospital | 33 | 9% |
| Private sector | 30 | 8% |
| Sex | ||
| Women | 207 | 56% women, overrepresentation of women in Bamako (69% of interviewees) |
| Men | 162 | 43.5% |
| Missing | 1 | 0.5% |
| Age | ||
| 25–39 | 185 | 50% |
| >39 | 185 | 50% |
Source: Health worker survey (2001)
Note: Due to the limited information of the human resources management system disaggregated data on the available staff could not be given.