Table 1.

Percentage of female MCH workers for the different service types in the three regions

	Type of MCH work (%)
Region	Women’s health	Children’s health	Health education	Training and supervision	Management	Project/ research/ education	Statistics
East	95.2	77.8	89.7	87.7	78.6	86.0	89.2
Central	94.3	72.9	89.3	86.4	74.0	82.9	89.4
West	96.4	83.7	91.6	90.4	83.6	89.0	92.4
Total	95.2	78.2	90.2	88.2	78.7	86.2	90.4

Abbreviation: MCH maternal and child health