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. 2020 Dec 3;18:95. doi: 10.1186/s12960-020-00538-z

Table 2.

Description of the participants (n = 17,816) and facilities (n = 701)

Overall CC PH p-value
N % N % N %
Individual

Age

(mean, SD)

35.39 9.27 35.42 9.40 35.30 8.84 0.467*
Gender
 Male 5312 29.82 4239 31.37 1073 24.93  < 0.001
 Female 12,504 70.18 9273 68.63 3231 75.07
Marital status
 Married 14,095 79.11 10,658 78.88 3437 79.86 0.169
 Unmarried 3721 20.89 2854 21.12 867 20.14
Education level
 Junior college or below 10,479 58.82 7873 58.27 2606 60.55 0.016
 Undergraduates 7181 40.31 5525 40.89 1656 38.48
 Postgraduates 156 0.88 114 0.84 42 0.98
Job type
 Doctor 8421 47.27 5767 42.68 2654 61.66  < 0.001
 Nurse 5343 29.99 4244 31.41 1099 25.53
 Pharmacist 1266 7.11 1117 8.27 149 3.46
 Others 2786 15.64 2384 17.64 402 9.34
Title
 Primary 12,452 69.89 9266 68.58 3186 74.02  < 0.001
 Junior 4623 25.95 3619 26.78 1004 23.33
 Senior 741 4.16 627 4.64 114 2.65
Administrative responsibility
 Yes 5780 32.44 4501 33.31 1279 29.72  < 0.001
 No 12,036 67.56 9011 66.69 3025 70.28
Employment status
 Long term 12,920 72.52 9723 71.96 3197 74.28 0.003
 Temporary 4896 27.48 3789 28.04 1107 25.72
Working years (mean, SD) 10.03 9.12 10.16 9.15 9.64 9.01 0.001*
Working hours
  < 40 1556 8.73 1156 8.56 400 9.29  < 0.001
 40–49 8867 49.77 6249 46.25 2618 60.83
 50–59 3892 21.85 3029 22.42 863 20.05
  ≥ 60 3501 19.65 3078 22.78 423 9.83
Income proportion
  < 25% 3365 18.89 2530 18.72 835 19.4 0.265
 25%–49% 5289 29.69 3981 29.46 1308 30.39
 50%–75% 5718 32.09 4354 32.22 1364 31.69
  > 75% 3444 19.33 2647 19.59 797 18.52
Facility
Location
 Eastern 315 44.94
 Central 148 21.11
 Western 238 33.95
Facility type
 Township health centre 420 59.91
 Community health centre 281 40.09
Performance-based salary (mean, SD) 37.28 18.68

*p value of t-test to examine the significance of difference in the variable between clinical care and public health service groups

p value of Chi-square test to examine the significance of difference in the variable between clinical care and public health service groups