Table 1.
Sociodemographic and other characteristics of health care providers in a phone-based survey in five sub-Saharan African countries, 2021*
| Burkina Faso | Ethiopia | Nigeria | Tanzania | Ghana | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Ouagadougou
|
Addis Ababa
|
Ibadan and Lagos
|
Dar es Salaam
|
Kintampo
|
Total
|
|
Number of health care providers included in the survey
|
300 |
277 |
312 |
310 |
300 |
1499 |
|
Number of health care providers who also participated in round 1 survey
|
222 (74.0) |
208 (75.1) |
147 (47.1) |
NA† |
NA† |
577 (64.9) |
|
Age (years)‡
|
38.0 (32, 46) |
30.0 (28, 36) |
40.0 (30, 47.5) |
32.0 (28, 40) |
29.0 (28, 33) |
35.8 (28, 41) |
|
Female
|
138 (46.0) |
164 (59.2) |
217 (69.5) |
214 (69.0) |
164 (54.7) |
897 (59.8) |
|
Type of health facility
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Governmental hospital/clinic |
207 (69.3) |
207 (74.7) |
224 (71.8) |
182 (58.7) |
169 (56.3) |
990 (66.1) |
| Private hospital/clinic |
87 (29.0) |
51 (18.4) |
80 (25.6) |
0 (0) |
12 (4.0) |
230 (15.3) |
| Health outposts and other |
5 (1.7) |
19 (7.0) |
8 (2.6) |
127 (41.3) |
119 (39.7) |
279 (18.6) |
|
Occupation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Doctor |
85 (28.3) |
118 (42.6)) |
99 (31.7) |
105 (33.9) |
3 (1.0) |
410 (27.4) |
| Nurse |
197 (65.7) |
157 (56.7) |
182 (58.3) |
179 (57.7) |
269 (89.7) |
984 (65.6) |
| Others§ |
18 (6.0) |
2 (0.7) |
31 (10.0) |
26 (8.4) |
28 (9.3) |
105 (7.0) |
|
Religion
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Catholic |
149 (49.7) |
3 (1.1) |
23 (7.4) |
79 (25.5) |
70 (23.3) |
324 (21.6) |
| Muslim |
106 (35.3) |
21 (7.5) |
41 (13.1) |
78 (25.2) |
40 (13.3) |
286 (19.1) |
| Orthodox Christian |
3 (1.0) |
198 (71.5) |
141 (45.2) |
1 (0.3) |
37 (12.3) |
380 (25.3) |
| Protestant |
39 (13.0) |
52 (18.8) |
87 (27.9) |
149 (48.0) |
152 (50.7) |
479 (32.0) |
| Other | 3 (1.0) | 3 (1.1) | 20 (6.4) | 3 (1.0) | 1 (0.3) | 30 (2.00) |
NA – not applicable
*All data are presented as the number of observations (percentage) unless otherwise specified.
†Countries did not participate in the round one survey.
‡Median (25th and 75th percentile).
§Clinical officers and community health workers.