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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of village doctors interviewed (N= 49)

From: How China’s new health reform influences village doctors’ income structure: evidence from a qualitative study in six counties in China

Variables

N (%)

Gender

 

 Male

34 (69.4)

 Female

15 (30.6)

Age

 

 ≤40

8 (16.3)

 41 ~ 50

15 (30.6)

 51 ~ 60

16 (32.7)

 >60

10 (20.4)

Years of working as a village doctor (year)

 

 ≤20

10 (20.4)

 21 ~ 40

29 (59.2)

 >40

10 (20.4)

Education

 

 Junior college or above

6 (12.2)

 Secondary school or below

43 (87.8)

The manner of obtaining the highest degree of certification

 

 Prior to employment

15 (30.6)

 On-the-job training

34 (69.4)

The way of practising medicine

 

 Western medicine

27 (55.1)

 The traditional Chinese medicine

4 (8.2)

 Combined therapy of Chinese and western medicine

18 (36.7)

Total

49 (100)