Table 3.

Characteristics of respondents - MLWs and district managers

	MLWs						District Managers
	Kenya		Nigeria		Uganda		Kenya		Nigeria		Uganda		S Africa
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Number of respondents	402		179		394		141		222		27		31
Female	150	37.3	151	84.4	76	19.3	42	29.8	61	27.6	2	7.4	17	54.8
Male	252	62.7	28	15.6	318	80.7	99	70.2	160	72.4	25	92.6	14	45.2
Age Mean ± SD	31.5 ± 8.2		41.4 ± 7.4		37.2 ± 8.8		39.8 ± 7.7		33.2 ± 7.0		46.5 ± 6.5		51.9 ± 6.5
Nature of district
Predominantly rural	108	27.1	21	11.9	–	–	43	30.5	88	40.7	–	–	16	51.6
Mixture of rural and urban	279	70.1	104	58.8	–	–	92	65.2	80	37.0	-	-	11	35.5
Predominantly urban	11	2.8	52	29.4	–	–	6	4.3	48	22.2	–	–	4	12.9
Sector of work
Public sector	356	89.2	173	97.2	–	–
Mission & NGO	43	10.7	5	2.8	–	–
Type of facility
Health post/dispensary	37	9.3	15	8.4	–	–
Clinic & Health centre	86	24.1	162	91	–	–
District centre	243	61.1	–	–	–	–
Referral hospital	22	5.5	1	0.6	–	–