Table 2 Baseline health worker characteristics in Mozambique (January 2016)

Number of health workers

1553

1446

1721

1653

2538

1292

3386

1349

2569

1579

2925

22 011

Age [mean (SD)]

34.94 (9.39)

33.81 (9.15)

33.87 (9.37)

34.47 (9.52)

37.10 (10.68)

34.99 (9.05)

36.03 (9.56)

36.36 (9.46)

34.56 (10.07)

35.22 (9.61)

35.00 (9.68)

35.24 (9.73)

Age category [N, (%)]

 < 30 years

525 (33.8)

554 (38.3)

694 (40.3)

560 (33.9)

721 (28.4)

408 (31.6)

902 (26.6)

343 (25.4)

977 (38.0)

530 (33.6)

942 (32.2)

7156 (32.5)

 30–50 years

848 (54.6)

737 (51.0)

845 (49.1)

925 (56.0)

1348 (53.1)

746 (57.7)

2061 (60.9)

845 (62.6)

1291 (50.3)

879 (55.7)

1624 (55.5)

12 149 (55.2)

 > 50 years

179 (11.5)

155 (10.7)

182 (10.6)

168 (10.2)

469 (18.5)

138 (10.7)

422 (12.5)

161 (11.9)

301 (11.7)

169 (10.7)

359 (12.3)

2703 (12.3)

Male (%)

909 (58.5)

531 (36.7)

656 (38.1)

845 (51.1)

751 (29.6)

416 (32.2)

1765 (52.1)

796 (59.0)

1251 (48.7)

780 (49.4)

1705 (58.3)

10 405 (47.3)

Category [N, (%)]

 MCH nurses

351 (22.6)

304 (21.0)

467 (27.1)

363 (22.0)

449 (17.7)

305 (23.6)

796 (23.5)

330 (24.5)

532 (20.7)

357 (22.6)

554 (18.9)

4808 (21.8)

 Nurses

368 (23.7)

436 (30.2)

441 (25.6)

477 (28.9)

892 (35.1)

278 (21.5)

945 (27.9)

393 (29.1)

852 (33.2)

414 (26.2)

906 (31.0)

6402 (29.1)

 Physicians

45 (2.9)

53 (3.7)

73 (4.2)

58 (3.5)

304 (12.0)

75 (5.8)

122 (3.6)

44 (3.3)

112 (4.4)

48 (3.0)

91 (3.1)

1025 (4.7)

 Dentists

23 (1.5)

39 (2.7)

37 (2.1)

31 (1.9)

39 (1.5)

46 (3.6)

70 (2.1)

19 (1.4)

47 (1.8)

33 (2.1)

45 (1.5)

429 (1.9)

 Pharmacists

116 (7.5)

67 (4.6)

110 (6.4)

114 (6.9)

186 (7.3)

80 (6.2)

243 (7.2)

104 (7.7)

185 (7.2)

131 (8.3)

199 (6.8)

1535 (7.0)

 Laboratorians

100 (6.4)

76 (5.3)

127 (7.4)

115 (7.0)

181 (7.1)

87 (6.7)

233 (6.9)

69 (5.1)

169 (6.6)

157 (9.9)

217 (7.4)

1531 (7.0)

 Medical technicians

272 (17.5)

255 (17.6)

181 (10.5)

232 (14.0)

122 (4.8)

164 (12.7)

467 (13.8)

201 (14.9)

349 (13.6)

192 (12.2)

434 (14.8)

2869 (13.0)

 Public health technicians

151 (9.7)

114 (7.9)

159 (9.2)

121 (7.3)

72 (2.8)

155 (12.0)

270 (8.0)

85 (6.3)

157 (6.1)

111 (7.0)

293 (10.0)

1688 (7.7)

 Other technicians

127 (8.2)

102 (7.1)

126(7.3)

142 (8.6)

293 (11.5)

102 (7.9)

240 (7.1)

104 (7.7)

166 (6.5)

136 (8.6)

186 (6.4)

1724 (7.8)

Salary source [N, (%)]

 Government

1489 (95.9)

1332 (92.1)

1655 (96.2)

1486 (89.9)

2118 (83.5)

1025 (79.3)

2976 (87.9)

1235 (91.5)

2074 (80.7)

1216 (77.0)

2849 (97.4)

19 455 (88.4)

 PROSAUDE^a

62 (4.0)

93 (6.4)

66 (3.8)

167(10.1)

365 (14.4)

255 (19.7)

408 (12.0)

114 (8.5)

495 (19.3)

362 (22.9)

57 (1.9)

2444 (11.1)

 Others

2 (0.1)

21 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

55 (2.2)

12 (0.9)

2 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

19 (0.6)

112 (0.5)

Number of CHW

362

232

246

270

0

158

637

322

212

213

470

3122

Male (%)

292 (80.7)

54 (23.3)

127 (51.6)

234 (86.7)

–

50.0 (31.6)

519 (81.5)

258 (80.1)

197 (92.9)

200 (93.9)

343 (73.0)

2274 (72.8)