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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents (n = 70), Pwani Region, Tanzania

From: What elements of the work environment are most responsible for health worker dissatisfaction in rural primary care clinics in Tanzania?

Provider characteristics (n = 70)

% (nξ)

Female

72.9 (51)

Age (mean, SD)

40.8 (9.7)

Cadre

 

 Clinical officer

30.0 (21)

 Nurse

25.7 (18)

 Medical attendantΦ

38.6 (27)

 Other

5.7 (4)

Full time employment

94.3 (66)

Worked in study facility for more than 2 years

60 (42)

Education

 

 Diploma

30.4 (21)

 Certificate

60.9 (42)

 Other

8.7 (6)

Received in-service training in past 90 days

45.3 (39)

District of employment

 

 Bagamoyo

31.4 (22)

 Kibaha Rural

24.3 (17)

 Kisarawe

30.0 (21)

 Mkuranga

14.3 (10)

Facility characteristics (n = 24)

 

Workload

 

 Number of facility deliveries (mean, SD)

6.9 (4.9)

 Number of outpatient visits (mean, SD)

250.3 (117.7)

 Number of outreach visits in past 90 days (mean, SD)

3.3 (4.5)

Number of healthcare workers at facility (mean, SD)*

4.2 (1.6)

Renovation in the past year

25.0 (6)

Equipment/supplies/medication index, max. 29 (mean, SD)

16.5 (3.6)

Number of managerial meetings in past 90 days (mean, SD)

1.4 (1.4)

Number of supervisor visits in past 90 days (mean, SD)

2.5 (1.8)

Electricity

20.8 (5)

Clean water

29.2 (7)

BEmONC signal function index out of 7 (mean, SD)

2.1 (1.2)

  1. ξNumbers may not add up to total as a result of missing values.
  2. ΦIncludes medical attendants and maternal and child health aides.
  3. *Data are for the 90 day period before the May 2012 interview. The health workers represented here are a proportion of all health workers in the facility, not limited to those who completed the satisfaction questionnaire.