Access to non-pecuniary benefits: does gender matter? Evidence from six low- and middle-income countries

Table 1 Percent of facility-based physicians, nurses and midwives receiving selected non-pecuniary benefits, by country and sex

	Chad		Côte d'Ivoire		Jamaica		Mozambique		Sri Lanka		Zimbabwe
Benefit	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Meals allowance	1%	0%	16%	26%	12%	15%	16%	18%	4%	2%	3%	1%
Housing allowance	24	19	11	5	6	2	18	20	2	2	91	92
Transport allowance	25	17	15	25	32	54	18	18	5	3	89	93
Paid vacations	72	77	18	20	36	80	22	25	10	10	84	92
Health insurance	48	38	10	13	18	43	26	32	64	73	11	17
In-service training	63	42	35	25	86	85	61	61	20	14	46	41
At least one benefit	93	89	58	61	94	97	78	78	75	78	97	99
Three or more benefits	40	27	12	14	30	64	23	24	5	5	86	90

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