Table 1.

Age groups, mean age, religion and professional status of obstetricians recruited for the study and participants’ duration, hospital, level and location of practice, N = 79

Item	N (%)
Age group
≤ 30	4 (5.1)
31–40	23 (29.1)
41–50	36 (45.6)
51–60	11 (13.9)
≥ 61	5 (6.3)
Religion
Christians	73 (92.4)
Moslems	5 (6.3)
Others	1 (1.3)
Professional status
Consultant	42 (53.2)
Obstetric Residents	37 (46.8)
Practice duration
≤ 10 years	57 (72.2)
11–20 years	13 (16.5)
21–30 years	6 (7.6)
31–40 years	1 (1.3)
≥ 41 years	2 (2.5)
Hospital owner
Government	60 (75.9)
Private	7 (8.9)
Both government and private	12 (15.2)
Practice level
Tertiary	71 (89.9)
Secondary	5 (6.4)
Secondary and tertiary	3 (3.7)
Practice location
Urban	66 (83.5)
Rural	12 (15.2)
Urban and Rural	1 (1.3)