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. 2019 Jul 13;8(11):646–661. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2019.55

Table 3. Demographic Characteristics of Previous PBF and Non-PBF Health Workers .

Characteristics Total (n = 453) Non-PBF (n = 335) Previous PBF (n = 118) Test Statistic,
P Value
Gender
Male 69.3% 70.2% 67.0% χ2 (1) = 0.14, P  = .712
Female 31.7% 29.8% 33.0%
Education
Primary/secondary school 60.7% 65.1% 48.3% χ2 (2) = 11.52, P  = .003
University/post-secondary school 33.1% 29.6% 43.2%
Not specified 6.2% 5.4% 8.5%
Cadre
Doctor 0.9% 0.6% 1.7% χ2 (2) = 1.20, P  = .549
Nurse 89.8% 90.2% 89.0%
Other clinical workers 9.3% 9.2% 9.3%
Mean Mean, SE N, Mean, SE
Age 40.01 39.41 ± 0.53 41.64 ± 0.87 t = -2.19, P  = .029
Number of financial dependents
(Total n = 437, non-PBF = 320, PBF = 117)
8.87a 8.69 ± 0.26a 9.33 ± 0.38a t = -1.29, P  = .1964
Years worked in current position
(Total n = 444, non-PBF = 327, PBF = 117)
8.93a 8.68 ± 0.46a 9.60 ± 0.87a t = 1.05, P  = .2956

Abbreviations: PBF, performance-based financing; SE, standard error.

aN less than total number of facilities for some variables due to missing values.