Table 2.

Capacity, M&E knowledge and HIV M&E scale and sub-scale scores

Scales and sub-scales	All managers (n=51)	Horizontal managers (n=20)	Vertical managers (n=31)	Significance#
Data collection (sub-scale score: 0–9)
Mean (SD)	5.24 (3.2)	6.50 (2.6)	4.42 (3.4)	0.016*
Mean score as % of maximum possible score	58.2	72.2	49.1
Data collation (sub-scale score: 0–16)
Mean (SD)	8.24 (4.2)	10.10 (3.0)	7.03 (4.4)	0.005**
Mean score as % of maximum possible score	51.5	63.1	43.9
Data analysis (sub-scale score: 0–13)
Mean (SD)	3.43 (3.6)	4.60 (1.0)	2.68 (0.5)	0.098
Mean score as % of maximum possible score	26.4	35.4	20.6
Data use (sub-scale score: 0–14)
Mean (SD)	8.59 (3.12)	6.75 (5–10)	9.77 (9–12)	0.002**
Mean score as % of maximum possible score	61.4	48.2	69.8
Overall M&E function (scale score: 0–52)
Mean (SD)	25.49 (8.8)	27.95 (8.6)	23.90 (8.6)	0.108
Mean score as % of maximum possible score	49.0	53.8	46.0
Management capacity (scale score: 0–13)
Mean (SD)	6.12 (2.4)	5.85 (2.0)	6.29 (2.7)	0.534
Mean score as % of maximum possible score	47.1	45.0	48.4
HIV M&E knowledge (scale score: 0–13)	(n=47)	(n=19)	(n=28)
Mean (SD)	8.11 (3.4)	6.58 (3.2)	9.14 (3.3)	0.011*
Mean score as % of maximum possible score	62.4	50.6	70.3

SD, standard deviation.

^#Two-sided t-test.

^* p<0.05.

^** p<0.01.