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. 2014 Oct 14;12:61. doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-61

Table 4.

Average proportion of productive time per week, by type of activity and by location*

Oromia SNNP All
Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI
By type of activity:
Curative health activities 15.5% 12.4–18.6% 16.0% 13.9–18.1% 15.8% 14.0–17.6%
Preventive health activities 39.3% 35.6–43.0% 46.3% 41.9–50.6% 43.2% 40.3–46.2%
Work-related travel 10.7% 8.1–13.2% 7.8% 5.9–9.6% 9.0% 7.5–10.5%
Other activities 34.5% 30.8–38.2% 30.0% 26.1–33.8% 31.9% 29.2–34.7%
By location:
At health post 49.5% 45.0–54.0% 52.9% 48.6–57.3% 51.4% 48.3–54.6%
In the community (outreach) 14.1% 11.2–17.0% 15.8% 12.2–19.3% 15.0% 12.7–17.4%
In the community (household) 15.8% 12.2–19.5% 11.6% 9.2–14.1% 13.4% 11.4–15.5%
Work-related travel 10.7% 8.1–13.3% 7.8% 5.9–9.6% 9.0% 7.5–10.5%
Other location 9.9% 7.3–12.6% 11.9% 8.7–15.2% 11.1% 8.9–13.2%
By recipient:
In contact with patients, families or community 69.0% 65.3–72.6% 71.1% 66.7–75.5% 70.2% 67.3–73.1%
Pregnant women 8.5% 6.7–10.3% 6.0% 4.7–7.4% 7.1% 6.0–8.2%
Newborns and post-partum women (up to 1 month after birth) 4.1% 2.8–5.4% 4.3% 3.0–5.5% 4.2% 3.3–5.1%
Infants (aged 1 to 12 months) 6.3% 4.7–7.9% 8.1% 6.7–9.5% 7.3% 6.3–8.4%
Children (aged 1 to 5 years) 5.8% 4.1–7.5% 8.3% 6.8–9.8% 7.2% 6.1–8.3%
Adolescents (aged 6 to 18 years) 2.5% 1.5–3.5% 1.0% 0.5–1.5% 1.7% 1.2–2.2%
Adults (aged over 18 years)a 12.4% 10.4–14.4% 16.0% 13.4–18.6% 14.4% 12.8–16.1%
Families 1.0% 0.6–1.4% 2.7% 1.7–3.6% 2.0% 1.4–2.5%
Community 28.4% 24.0–32.7% 24.8% 21.428.1% 26.3% 23.7–29.0%
No recipientb 31.0% 27.4–34.7% 28.9% 24.5–33.3% 29.8% 26.9–32.7%

*Productive time is defined as the amount of time recorded in the diary each week on any activity except breaks. aExcludes pregnant and post-partum women; bIncludes time spent on training, supervision, administration, and travel.