Table 3.
Characteristics of the respondents of the survey
| Variables | All hospitals N = 237 |
Hospital A N = 77 |
Hospital B N = 46 |
Hospital C N = 70 |
Hospital D N = 44 |
P-value |
| Sex | 0.37 | |||||
| Female (F) | 181 (76%) | 59 (77%) | 32 (70%) | 58 (83%) | 32 (73%) | |
| Male (M) | 56 (24%) | 18 (23%) | 14 (30%) | 12 (17%) | 12 (27%) | |
| Median age | 30 | 38 | 33.5 | 26 | 28 | < 0.001 |
| (Inter Quartile Range) | (25–40) | (29–45) | (26–45) | (23–30) | (24–34) | |
| Profession | 0.45 | |||||
| Highly educated* | 57 (24%) | 16 (28%) | 13 (21%) | 15 (30%) | 13 (24%) | |
| Enrolled Nurse-Midwife | 74 (31%) | 23 (30%) | 14 (30%) | 19 (27%) | 18 (41%) | |
| Nursing Assistant | 70 (30%) | 28 (36%) | 11 (24%) | 24 (34%) | 7 (16%) | |
| Support staff | 36 (15%) | 10 (13%) | 8 (17%) | 12 (17%) | 6 (14%) | |
| Years in Hospital | < 0.001 | |||||
| 0–4 | 127 (54%) | 28 (36%) | 20 (44%) | 49 (70%) | 30 (68%) | |
| 5–9 | 34 (14%) | 8 (10%) | 6 (13%) | 8 (11%) | 12 (27%) | |
| 10–14 | 33 (14%) | 12 (16%) | 9 (20%) | 10 (14%) | 2 (4.5%) | |
| 15–19 | 12 (5%) | 7 (9%) | 3 (7%) | 2 (3%) | 0 | |
| >19 | 31 (13%) | 22 (29%) | 8 (17%) | 1 (2%) | 0 |
*medical officers, registered nurse/midwives and allied health workers such as clinical officer, laboratory assistant, pharmacy assistant etc.