Health worker experiences of and movement between public and private not-for-profit sectors—findings from post-conflict Northern Uganda

Table 1 Characteristics of participants

Characteristic	Average	Range
Age	42 years	30–60 years
Time spent working in the region	17 years	7–38 years^a
Sex	23 % M, 77 % F
Cadres	Clinical officers (15.38 %), nurses (57.68 %), nursing assistants (7.69 %), midwives (11.53 %), others (7.68 %)
District	27 % Pader, 27 % Kitgum, 19 % Amuru, 31 % Gulu
Sector	65 % public, 35 % PNFP
Type of health facility	Hospitals (31 %), HC IV (15 %), HC III and II (46 %), others (8 %)
Highest level of formal education	69 % O’Level^b, 12 % A’level^b, 15 % diploma, 4 % degree

^aOne person was accepted with fewer than 10 years’ experience in one facility which lacked anyone meeting the selection criteria
^bO’level is the British Ordinary Level certificate, normally sat around 16 years old; A’level is the Advanced Level certificate normally sat at end of secondary school, at around 18 years of age

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