Table 1.
Profile of respondents
| Characteristics | Overall (n = 926) |
Normal track (n = 437) |
CPIRD (n = 489) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (standard deviation)—years | 24.5 (1.8) | 24.3 (1.3) | 24.7 (2.2) | 0.002 |
| Age group, n (%) | 0.306 | |||
| < 25 years | 709 (76.6) | 328 (75.1) | 381 (77.9) | |
| > = 25 years | 217 (23.4) | 109 (24.9) | 108 (22.1) | |
| Sex, n (%) | 0.001 | |||
| Female | 539 (58.2) | 229 (52.4) | 310 (63.4) | |
| Male | 387 (41.8) | 208 (47.6) | 179 (36.6) | |
| Region, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| North | 214 (23.1) | 85 (39.7) | 129 (60.3) | |
| Central | 329 (35.5) | 237 (72.0) | 92 (28.0) | |
| Northeast | 213 (23.0) | 44 (20.7) | 169 (79.3) | |
| South | 170 (18.4) | 71 (41.8) | 99 (58.2) | |
| Confidence in ANC competency, n (%) | 0.033 | |||
| Low confidence | 237 (25.6) | 126 (28.8) | 111 (22.7) | |
| High confidence | 689 (74.4) | 311 (71.2) | 378 (77.3) | |
| Intention to be an OB-GYN doctor, n (%) | 0.398 | |||
| Yes | 49 (5.3) | 26 (5.9) | 23 (4.7) | |
| No | 877 (94.7) | 411 (94.1) | 466 (95.3) | |
CPIRD the Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors, OB-GYN doctor, obstetrics and gynecologists