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. 2020 Sep 30;8(3):344–357. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00136

TABLE 2.

Demographic Characteristics of In-depth Interview Respondents (N=161) on Ownership of Maternity Waiting Homes in 4 Districts in Zambia

Immediately Post-launch Implementation Period Project Phaseout Total
October 2016 to January 2017 April 2017 to June 2017 November 2017 to January 2018 July 2018 to October 2018
Management unit (MWH staff) n=8 n=10 n=10 n=9 n=37
Female, No. (%) 8 (100.0) 8 (80.0) 6 (60.0) 9 (100.0) 31 (83.8)
Age, y, mean (SD) 41 (15) 39 (14) 39 (12) 37 (10) 39 (13)
Education, y, mean (SD) 10 (2) 10 (2) 10 (2) 10 (2) 10 (2)
Farmers, No. (%) 4 (50.0) 9 (90.0) 4 (40.0) 8 (88.9) 25 (67.6)
Governance committee (MWH staff) n=17 n=18 n=16 n=10 n=61
Female, No. (%) 11 (64.7) 9 (50.0) 10 (62.5) 5 (50.0) 35 (57.4)
Age, y, mean (SD) 50 (5) 47 (8) 49 (7) 49 (13) 49 (8)
Education, y, mean (SD) 9 (2) 10 (2) 9 (2) 10 (2) 9 (2)
Leadership position in governing committee, No. (%) 5 (29.4) 10 (55.6) 10 (62.5) 9 (90.0) 34 (55.7)
Farmers, No. (%) 16 (94.1) 17 (94.4) 13 (81.3) 8 (80.0) 54 (88.5)
Health facility staff n=11 n=10 n=10 n=10 n=41
Female, No. (%) 5 (45.5) 6 (60.0) 3 (30.0) 2 (20.0) 16 (39.0)
Facility in-charge, No. (%) 7 (63.6) 4 (40.0) 2 (20.0) 6 (60.0) 19 (46.3)
Clinical position, No. (%)
Clinical officer 1 (9.1) 1 (10.0) 2 (20.0) 1 (10.0) 5 (12.2)
Nurse/midwife 6 (54.6) 7 (70.0) 2 (20.0) 2 (20.0) 17 (41.5)
Non-skilled birth attendant staff 1 (9.1) 1 (10.0) 3 (30) 2 (20.0) 7 (17.1)
Years working in the health system, mean (SD) 14 (10) 10 (7) 6 (8) 10 (8) 10 (8)
District health officers n=6 n=9 n=3 n=4 n=22
Female, No. (%) 2 (33.3) 3 (33.3) 1 (33.3) 1 (25.0) 7 (31.8)
District Health Officer, No. (%) 3 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (13.6)
Years working in the health system, mean (SD) 11 (7) 11 (5) 9 (6) 16 (4) 12 (6)

Abbreviations: MWH, maternity waiting home; SD, standard deviation.