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Table 1 Community health nurse (CHN) demographics (%)

From: Examining domains of community health nurse satisfaction and motivation: results from a mixed-methods baseline evaluation in rural Ghana

 

Greater Accra region

Volta region

Total

Ada East/West

Ningo Prampram

South Tongu

South Dayi

N

54

44

46

42

186

Sex

 Female

94.4

90.7

89.1

92.7

91.8

 Male

5.6

9.3

10.9

7.3

8.2

Age

 18–24 years

3.7

9.3

19.6

9.5

10.3

 25–30 years

75.9

65.1

65.2

64.3

68.1

 31–39 years

16.7

9.3

15.2

19.0

15.1

 40–49 years

1.9

2.3

0.0

7.1

2.7

 50 years or older

1.9

14.0

0.0

0.0

3.8

Marital status

 Married

33.3

47.7

37.0

34.1

37.8

 Single

63.0

50.0

63.0

58.5

58.9

 Divorced

0.0

2.3

0.0

0.0

0.5

 Living with someone

1.9

0.0

0.0

7.3

2.2

 Widowed

1.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

Health facility

 CHPS

44.4

77.3

60.9

23.8

51.6

 Health centre

55.6

22.7

39.1

76.2

48.4

Are you the CHN in-charge?

 Yes

29.6

9.1

23.3

21.4

21.3

 No

70.4

90.9

76.7

78.6

78.7

Hometown in the same district

 Yes

7.4

2.3

13.0

4.8

7.0

 No

92.6

97.7

87.0

95.2

93.0

Currently live with any family member

 Yes

40.7

48.8

34.8

47.6

42.7

 No

59.3

51.2

65.2

52.4

57.3