Human Resources for Health

Table 7 Bivariate analysis for gender, age and education as against support for strike and hospital leadership rating as dependent variable

From: Industrial action by healthcare workers in Nigeria in 2013–2015: an inquiry into causes, consequences and control—a cross-sectional descriptive study

		Gender		Total
		Male	Female	Total
Support for strike	Yes	25	40	65
	No	37	47	84
	Total	62	87	149
X² 0.471, P value 0.493
Hospital leadership rating	Performing to standard	13	26	39
	Not performing to standard	49	62	111
	Total	62	88	150
X² 1.391, P value 0.238
		Age
		<40	≥40
Support for strike	Yes	54	10	64
	No	67	15	82
	Total	121	25	146
X² 0.180, P-value 0.671
Hospital leadership rating	Performing to standard	29	9	38
	Not performing to standard	93	16	109
	Total	122	25	147
X² 1.619, P value 0.203
		Education
		Graduate	Non-graduate
Support for strike	Yes	54	11	65
	No	65	19	84
	Total	119	30	149
X² 0.739, P value 0.390
Hospital leadership rating	Performing to standard	33	6	39
	Not performing to standard	86	25	111
	Total	119	31	150
X² 0.897, P value 0.344

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