Table 1.

Demographic and characteristics of respondents

Centres	A		B		C		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	97	41.3	127	41.9	40	40.0	264	41.4
Female	138	58.7	176	58.1	60	60.0	374	58.6
Total	235	100.0	303	100.0	100	100.0	638	100.0
Age (years)
20–29	66	29.1	76	25.4	27	39.1	169	28.4
30–39	88	38.8	134	44.8	30	43.5	252	42.4
40–49	42	18.5	67	22.4	9	13.0	118	19.8
50–59	30	13.2	21	7.0	3	4.3	54	9.1
≥ 60	1	0.4	1	0.3	0	0.0	2	0.3
Total	226	100.0	299	100.0	69	100.0	595	100.0
Mean ± SD	36.3 ± 9.5		35.6 ± 8.4		33.0 ± 7.4		35.6 ± 8.7
Marital status
Never married	92	39.5	100	33.0	61	46.9	253	38.0
Currently married	128	54.9	192	63.4	67	51.5	387	58.1
Domestic partner	1	0.4	1	0.3	2	1.5	4	0.6
Separated	3	1.3	4	1.3	0	0.0	7	11
Divorced	0	0.0	2	0.7	0	0.0	2	0.3
Widowed	9	3.9	4	1.3	0	00	13	2.0
Total	233	100.0	303	100.0	130	100.0	666	100.0
Educational status
None	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.8	1	0.1
Primary	6	2.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	2.6
Secondary	4	1.7	6	2.0	0	0.0	10	1.5
Tertiary	225	95.7	297	98.0	129	99.2	651	97.5
Total	235	100.0	303	100.0	130	100.0	664	100.0
Occupation
Doctor	104	44.3	113	37.3	71	55.9	288	55.9
Nurse	61	26.0	121	39.9	47	37.0	229	37.0
Pharm	17	7.2	9	3.0	0	0.0	26	0.0
MLS	8	3.4	14	4.6	2	1.6	24	1.6
Health assistant	12	5.1	9	3.0	6	4.7	27	4.7
Records officers	0	0.0	13	4.3	0	0.0	13	0.0
Others**	33	14.0	24	7.9	1	0.8	58	0.8
Total	235	100.0	303	100.0	127	100.0	665	100.0
Income
< 600,000	23	10.0	9	3.0	16	14.4	48	7.4
600,000–1.19 M	55	23.8	67	22.1	25	22.5	147	22.8
1.20–2.39 M	94	40.7	101	33.3	38	34.2	233	36.1
2.40–5.99 M	43	18.6	75	24.8	29	26.1	147	22.8
6-12 M	16	6.9	47	15.5	1	0.9	64	9.9
> 12 M	0	0.0	4	1.3	2	1.8	6	0.9
Total	231	100.0	303	100.0	111	100.0	645	100.0

M = Million |MLS^ǂ = Medical Laboratory Scientist | Pharm = Pharmacist |Others** = Dietician, Engineer, Dentist, Medical Laboratory Technician, Pharm Tech, Physiotherapist, Psychologist, Social worker