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Table 1 Characteristics of health workers (n = 324)

From: Association between health worker motivation and healthcare quality efforts in Ghana

 

Facility ownership

Geographical location

Range of monthly salary

Total

 

Private

Public

P-value

Rural

Urban

P-value

<GHC 500

>GHC 500

P-value

 

Variables

f (%)

f (%)

 

f (%)

f (%)

 

f (%)

f (%)

 

f (%)

Gender

          

  Male

66(20)

41(13)

0.242

64(20)

43(13)

0.354

52(16)

55(17)

0.077

107(33)

  Female

119(37)

98(30)

 

118(36)

99(31)

 

89(27)

128(40)

 

217(67)

Age

          

  ≤ 40 years

111(34)

80(25)

0.658

118(36)

73(23)

0.015 a

135(42)

56(17)

0.000 a

191(59)

  41-60 years

44(14)

49(15)

0.024 a

44(14)

49(15)

0.041 a

31(10)

62(19)

0.000 a

93(29)

  ≥ 61 years

30(9)

10(3)

0.015 a

20(6)

20(6)

0.401

14(4)

26(8)

0.005 a

40(12)

Education

          

  Secondary

66(20)

46(14)

0.629

67(20)

45(14)

0.336

64(20)

48(14)

0.001 a

112(34)

  Tertiary

119(37)

93(29)

 

115(36)

97(30)

 

80(25)

132(41)

 

212(66)

Profession category

          

  Clinicalb

154(48)

118(36)

0.689

151(47)

121(37)

0.585

135(42)

137(42)

0.000 a

272(84)

  Non-clinicalc

31(10)

21(6)

 

31(10)

21(6)

 

9(3)

43(13)

 

52(16)

Marital status

          

  Married

79(24)

61(19)

0.832

67(21)

73(22)

0.009 a

78(24)

62(19)

0.000 a

140(43)

  Not married

106(33)

78(24)

 

115(36)

69(21)

 

66(20)

118(37)

 

184(57)

Religion

          

  Christian

179(55)

133(41)

0.613

176(54)

136(42)

0.661

175(54)

137(42)

0.324

312(96)

  Other

6(2)

6(2)

 

6(2)

6(2)

 

5(2)

7(2)

 

12(4)

  1. aStatistically significant at 0.05 level of significance. Source: COHEISION Project Clinic Staff Interviews Data (March-June, 2012). GHC, Ghana cedi.
  2. bClinical staff includes medical staff who have direct contact with patients. They include medical doctors, nursing personnel, pharmacy personnel, medical assistants and laboratory personnel.
  3. cNon-clinical staff are the support staff who do not have direct contact with patients. They include administrators, accountants, labourers and receptionists.