Table 6.
Administrative services/programmes provided by the professional associations and participants’ demographic characteristics.
| Services/ Variables |
Scholarships |
Mentorships |
Research openings |
Partnerships with donors |
Awards |
Newsletter |
Volunteering opportunities |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n, %) | No (n, %) | Yes (n, %) | No (n, %) | Yes (n, %) | No (n, %) | Yes (n, %) | No (n, %) | Yes (n, %) | No (n, %) | Yes (n, %) | No (n, %) | Yes (n, %) | No (n, %) | |
| Age group (years) | ||||||||||||||
| 19–29 | 77 (24.8) | 234 (75.2) | 67 (21.5) | 244 (78.5) | 30 (9.7) | 281 (90.3) | 31 (10.0) | 280 (90.0) | 40 (12.9) | 271 (87.1) | 17 (5.5) | 294 (94.5) | 23 (7.4) | 288 (92.6) |
| 30–44 | 129 (25.2) | 383 (74.8) | 99 (19.3) | 413 (80.7) | 73 (14.3) | 439 (85.7) | 46 (9.0) | 466 (91.0) | 32 (6.3) | 480 (93.7) | 28 (5.5) | 484 (94.5) | 27 (5.3) | 485 (94.7) |
| 45–54 | 41 (18.7) | 178 (81.3) | 36 (16.4) | 183 (83.6) | 45 (20.6) | 174 (79.4) | 17 (7.8) | 202 (92.2) | 14 (6.4) | 205 (93.6) | 23 (10.5) | 196 (89.5) | 9 (4.1) | 210 (95.9) |
| ≥55 | 19 (21.6) | 69 (78.4) | 24 (27.3) | 64 (72.7) | 11 (12.5) | 77 (87.5)* | 11 (12.5) | 77 (87.5) | 7 (8.0) | 81 (92.0)* | 5 (5.7) | 83 (94.3) | 3 (3.4) | 85 (96.6) |
| Gender | ||||||||||||||
| Male | 87 (24.2) | 273 (75.8) | 79 (21.9) | 281 (78.1) | 54 (15.0) | 306 (85.0) | 39 (10.8) | 321 (89.2) | 31 (8.6) | 329 (91.4) | 22 (6.1) | 338 (93.9) | 19 (5.3) | 341 (94.7) |
| Female | 214 (23.8) | 685 (76.2) | 168 (18.7) | 731 (81.3) | 121 (13.5) | 778 (86.5) | 78 (8.7) | 821 (91.3) | 69 (7.7) | 830 (92.3) | 69 (7.7) | 830 (92.3) | 45 (5.0) | 854 (95.0) |
| Highest education attained | ||||||||||||||
| Certificate | 48 (23.0) | 161 (77.0) | 50 (23.9) | 159 (76.1) | 24 (11.5) | 185 (88.5) | 12 (5.7) | 197 (94.3) | 18 (8.6) | 191 (91.4) | 14 (6.7) | 195 (93.3) | 10 (4.8) | 199 (95.2) |
| Diploma | 192 (28.0) | 495 (72.0) | 136 (19.8) | 551 (80.2) | 87 (12.7) | 600 (87.3) | 67 (9.8) | 620 (90.2) | 63 (9.2) | 624 (90.8) | 53 (7.7) | 634 (92.3) | 29 (4.2) | 658 (95.8) |
| Bachelors | 49 (17.1) | 237 (82.9) | 47 (16.4) | 239 (83.6) | 45 (15.7) | 241 (84.3) | 23 (8.0) | 263 (92.0) | 17 (5.9) | 269 (94.1) | 20 (7.0) | 266 (93.0) | 18 (6.3) | 268 (93.7) |
| Masters | 9 (14.1) | 55 (85.9) | 13 (20.3) | 51 (79.7) | 16 (25.0) | 48 (75.0) | 9 (14.1) | 55 (85.9) | 1 (1.6) | 63 (98.4) | 5 (7.8) | 59 (92.2) | 6 (9.4) | 58 (90.6) |
| PhD | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0)* | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3)* | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7)* | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0) |
| Workplace | ||||||||||||||
| Faith-based | 9 (16.7) | 45 (83.3) | 16 (29.6) | 38 (70.4) | 8 (14.8) | 46 (85.2) | 4 (7.4) | 50 (93.0) | 8 (14.8) | 46 (85.2) | 5 (9.3) | 49 (90.7) | 5 (9.3) | 49 (90.7) |
| Private | 32 (18.9) | 137 (81.1) | 43 (25.4) | 126 (74.6) | 18 (10.7) | 151 (89.3) | 17 (10.1) | 152 (89.9) | 10 (5.9) | 159 (94.1) | 9 (5.3) | 160 (94.7) | 10 (5.9) | 159 (94.1) |
| Public | 258 (25.1) | 770 (74.9) | 188 (18.3) | 840 (81.7)* | 148 (14.4) | 880 (85.6) | 96 (9.3) | 932 (90.7) | 82 (8.0) | 946 (92.0) | 79 (7.7) | 949 (92.3) | 49 (4.8) | 979 (95.2) |
| Work experience (years) | ||||||||||||||
| <2 | 38 (26.0) | 108 (74.0) | 29 (19.9) | 117 (80.1) | 19 (13.0) | 127 (87.0) | 14 (9.6) | 132 (90.4) | 16 (11.0) | 130 (89.0) | 6 (4.1) | 140 (95.9) | 8 (5.5) | 138 (94.5) |
| 2–5 | 86 (27.5) | 227 (72.5) | 72 (23.0) | 241 (77.0) | 33 (10.5) | 280 (89.5) | 34 (10.9) | 279 (89.1) | 36 (11.5) | 277 (88.5) | 22 (7.0) | 291 (93.0) | 17 (5.4) | 296 (94.6) |
| 5–10 | 81 (27.2) | 217 (72.8) | 53 (17.8) | 245 (82.2) | 34 (11.4) | 264 (88.6) | 24 (8.1) | 279 (91.9) | 17 (5.7) | 281 (94.3) | 25 (8.4) | 273 (91.6) | 18 (6.0) | 280 (94.0) |
| 10–20 | 52 (21.9) | 185 (78.1) | 44 (18.6) | 193 (81.4) | 45 (19.0) | 192 (81.0) | 20 (8.4) | 217 (91.6) | 12 (5.1) | 225 (94.9) | 17 (7.2) | 220 (92.8) | 13 (5.5) | 224 (94.5) |
| >20 | 40 (15.8) | 214 (84.2)* | 47 (18.5) | 207 (81.5) | 41 (16.1) | 213 (83.9)* | 24 (9.5) | 230 (90.5) | 18 (7.1) | 236 (92.9)* | 22 (8.7) | 232 (91.3) | 8 (3.2) | 246 (96.8) |
| Duration of membership (years) | ||||||||||||||
| <2 | 67 (25.2) | 199 (74.8) | 52 (19.6) | 214 (80.5) | 41 (15.4) | 225 (84.6) | 29 (10.9) | 237 (89.1) | 32 (12.0) | 234 (88.0) | 16 (6.0) | 250 (94.0) | 13 (4.9) | 253 (95.1) |
| 2–5 | 96 (25.5) | 280 (74.5) | 83 (22.1) | 293 (77.9) | 40 (10.6) | 336 (89.4) | 37 (9.8) | 339 (90.2) | 31 (8.2) | 345 (91.8) | 23 (6.1) | 353 (93.9) | 22 (5.9) | 354 (94.2) |
| 5–10 | 71 (25.0) | 213 (75.0) | 58 (20.4) | 226 (79.6) | 45 (15.9) | 239 (84.1) | 27 (9.5) | 257 (90.5) | 19 (6.7) | 265 (93.3) | 22 (7.8) | 262 (92.2) | 18 (6.3) | 266 (93.7) |
| 10–20 | 41 (20.4) | 160 (79.6) | 31 (15.4) | 170 (84.6) | 32 (15.9) | 169 (84.1) | 14 (7.0) | 187 (93.0) | 10 (5.0) | 191 (95.0) | 18 (9.0) | 183 (91.0) | 10 (5.0) | 191 (95.0) |
| >20 | 23 (18.0) | 105 (82.0) | 23 (18.0) | 105 (82.0) | 16 (12.5) | 112 (87.5) | 8 (6.3) | 120 (93.7) | 7 (5.5) | 121 (94.5)* | 12 (9.4) | 116 (90.6) | 2 (1.6) | 126 (98.4) |
| Association | ||||||||||||||
| MAK | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100.0) | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100.0) | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100.0) |
| NNAK | 68 (17.1) | 330 (82.9) | 84 (21.1) | 314 (78.9) | 48 (12.1) | 350 (87.9) | 27 (6.8) | 371 (93.2) | 33 (8.3) | 365 (91.7) | 46 (11.6) | 352 (88.4) | 21 (5.3) | 377 (94.7) |
| NMAU | 2 (10.0) | 18 (90.0) | 3 (15.0) | 17 (85.0) | 5 (25.0) | 15 (75.0) | 5 (25.0) | 15 (75.0) | 1 (5.0) | 19 (95.0) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (100.0) |
| AGNMU | 1 (5.0) | 19 (95.0) | 4 (20.0) | 16 (80.0) | 5 (25.0) | 15 (75.0) | 5 (25.0) | 15 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (100.0) | 1 (5.0) | 19 (95.0) | 4 (20.0) | 16 (80.0) |
| UNMU | 83 (27.5) | 219 (72.5) | 58 (19.2) | 244 (80.8) | 61 (20.2) | 241 (79.8) | 32 (10.6) | 270 (89.4) | 19 (6.3) | 283 (93.7) | 26 (8.6) | 276 (91.4) | 8 (2.7) | 294 (97.4) |
| UPMA | 5 (12.8) | 34 (87.2) | 19 (48.7) | 20 (51.3) | 3 (7.7) | 36 (92.3) | 4 (10.3) | 35 (89.7) | 1 (2.6) | 38 (97.4) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (100.0) | 2 (5.1) | 37 (94.9) |
| ZANA | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | 2 (10.5) | 17 (89.5) | 4 (21.1) | 15 (78.9) | 5 (26.3) | 14 (73.6) | 1 (5.3) | 18 (94.7) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (100.0) | 5 (26.3) | 14 (73.7) |
| TAMA | 27 (29.0) | 66 (71.0) | 22 (23.7) | 71 (76.3) | 4 (4.3) | 89 (95.7) | 14 (15.1) | 79 (84.9) | 3 (3.2) | 90 (96.8) | 4 (4.3) | 89 (95.7) | 6 (6.5) | 87 (93.6) |
| TANNA | 107 (29.2) | 259 (70.8)* | 57 (15.6) | 309 (84.4)* | 41 (11.2) | 325 (88.8)* | 25 (6.8) | 341 (93.2)* | 43 (11.8) | 323 (88.2)* | 15 (4.1) | 351 (95.9)* | 19 (5.2) | 347 (94.8)* |
KEY: * = p-value <0.05, MAK = Midwives Association of Kenya, NNAK = National Nurses Association of Kenya, AGNMU = Association of Graduate Nurses and Midwives of Uganda, NMAU = National Midwives Association of Uganda, UNMU = Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union, UPMA = Uganda Private Midwives Association, ZANA = Zanzibar Nurses Association, TAMA = Tanzania Midwives Association, TANNA = Tanzania National Nurses Association.