Table 4 Occupational characteristics of health workers
Characteristics | Health workers (n = 165) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Professional (n = 44) n (%) | Lay (n = 121) n (%) | ||
Employer | |||
DoHa | 21 (72.4) | 8 (27.6) | < 0.001 |
NPOb | 23 (16.9) | 113 (83.1) | |
Work area | |||
Facility-based | 13 (29.6) | 13 (10.7) | < 0.001 |
Community-based | 23 (52.3) | 108 (89.3) | |
Sub-district | 8 (18.2) | 0 | |
Education | |||
< Grade 11 | 0 | 9 (7.5) | < 0.001 |
Grade 11–12 | 0 | 100 (83.3) | |
Certificate | 0 | 11 (9.2) | |
Diploma | 27 (64.3) | 0 | |
Degree | 11 (26.2) | 0 | |
Honours | 4 (9.5) | 0 | |
Time in position | |||
< 2 years | 13 (29.6) | 18 (15.0) | 0.012 |
2–5 years | 16 (36.4) | 52 (43.3) | |
5–10 years | 4 (9.1) | 33 (27.5) | |
> 10 years | 11 (25.0) | 17 (14.2) | |