Table 1.

Characteristics of providers by facility type

	Health facility type
Provider Characteristics	Total n = 102^	Public n = 37	PNFP n = 11	PFP n = 54	Chi-sq p-value
Professional discipline
Medical officer	6 (5.9)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	6 (11.1)
Clinical officer	6 (5.9)	1 (2.7)	1 (9.1)	4 (7.4)	*
Midwive/nurse	68 (66.7)	30 (81.1)	9 (81.8)	29 (53.7)
Nursing assistant/others	22 (21.6)	6 (16.2)	1 (9.1)	15 (27.8)
Family planning training
Yes	39 (38.2)	24 (64.9)	3 (27.3)	12 (22.2)
No	63 (61.8)	13 (35.1)	8 (72.7)	42 (77.8)	***
Years of experience in FP provision
= < 5	50 (49.0)	13 (35.1)	5 (45.5)	32 (59.3)
6-10	32 (31.4)	15 (40.5)	4 (36.4)	13 (24.1)	*
>10	20 (19.6)	9 (24.3)	2 (18.2)	9 (16.7)

^Two providers were interviewed from each hospital *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; Percentages within brackets. Note that the number of responses in some cells is too small, FP-Family planning, PNFP- Private not for profit, PFP- private for profit