Table 4.
Descriptive statistics of constructs
Variables | Freq | % |
---|---|---|
Facility ownership | ||
Private facility | 106 | 20.9 |
Government facility | 330 | 65.1 |
Mission facility | 25 | 4.9 |
Quasi facility | 46 | 9.1 |
Type of location | ||
Urban | 414 | 83.1 |
Rural | 84 | 16.9 |
Respondent sex | ||
Male | 28 | 5.5 |
Female | 481 | 94.5 |
Marital status of respondent | ||
Currently married | 164 | 50.0 |
Living together | 14 | 4.3 |
Widowed | 2 | 0.6 |
Divorced | 7 | 2.1 |
Separated | 6 | 1.8 |
Never married | 125 | 38.1 |
Don’t know | 10 | 3.0 |
Highest education obtained | ||
Certificate | 169 | 33.3 |
Diploma | 221 | 43.6 |
First degree | 90 | 17.8 |
Masters (MA, Mphil, etc.) | 11 | 2.2 |
PhD | 1 | 0.2 |
Other | 15 | 2.9 |
Religious affiliation | ||
Christian | 462 | 92.4 |
Islamic | 23 | 4.6 |
Traditional/other | 15 | 3.0 |
Years of practice | ||
Less than 5 years | 228 | 45.5 |
5–10 years | 191 | 38.1 |
11–15 years | 35 | 7.0 |
16–20 years | 17 | 3.4 |
Above 20 years | 30 | 6.0 |
Years spent at facility | ||
Less than 5 years | 376 | 73.4 |
5–10 years | 104 | 20.3 |
11–15 years | 20 | 3.9 |
16–20 years | 9 | 1.8 |
Above 20 years | 3 | 0.6 |
Patient load | ||
Less than 20 patients | 250 | 48.8 |
20 to 40 patients | 160 | 31.3 |
41–60 patients | 71 | 13.9 |
61–80 patients | 11 | 2.1 |
More than 80 patients | 20 | 3.9 |
Years of licensure | ||
Less than 5 years | 231 | 47.8 |
5–10 years | 177 | 36.6 |
11–15 years | 28 | 5.8 |
16–20 years | 19 | 3.9 |
Above 20 years | 28 | 5.8 |
Patient work hours per day | ||
8 h and less | 266 | 79.9 |
More than 8 h | 67 | 20.1 |
Unit assigned to | ||
ANC | 60 | 13.2 |
Child Welfare Clinic | 162 | 35.5 |
Delivery | 92 | 20.2 |
PNC | 142 | 31.1 |
Source Authors computation based on field data
aNon responses are excluded from the percentage determinations