Table 3 Interviewee characteristics of the qualitative sample
From: Incentives to change: effects of performance-based financing on health workers in Zambia
Facility | Baseline | Endline |
|---|---|---|
Assignment | ||
 RBF | 23 (30%) | 32 (59%) |
 Control 1 | 23 (30%) | 13 (24%) |
 Control 2 | 30 (40%) | 9 (17%) |
Type | ||
District Community Medical Office (DCMO) | 10 (13%) | 12 (22%) |
Health center | 66 (87%) | 42 (78%) |
Worker | ||
 DCMO | ||
  District community medical officer | 2 (20%) | 2 (17%) |
  Nursing officer | 2 (20%) | 2 (17%) |
  Human resource officer | 3 (30%) | 3 (25%) |
  Others (planner, information officer, EHT) | 3 (30%) | 5 (40%) |
Health center | ||
 Clinical officer | 3 (5%) | 2 (5%) |
 Registered nurse | 2 (3%) | 1 (2%) |
 Enrolled midwife | 15 (23%) | 4 (10%) |
 Enrolled nurse | 15 (23%) | 5 (12%) |
 Environmental health technician (EHT) | 17 (26%) | 7 (17%) |
 Classified daily employee (CDE) | 12 (18%) | 7 (17%) |
 Lab technician | 2 (3%) | 16 (28%) |
 Gender | ||
  Male | 42 (55%) | 27 (50%) |
  Female | 34 (45%) | 27 (50%) |
 Highest academic/professional qualification | ||
  Degree | 3 (4%) | 3 (6%) |
  Diploma | 29 (38%) | 18 (33%) |
  Certificate | 32 (42%) | 17 (31%) |
  Senior secondary education | 2 (3%) | 9 (17%) |
  Junior secondary education | 10 (13%) | 7 (13%) |
Total | 76 (100%) | 54 (100%) |
 Job experience (in years) | ||
  Mean (n; standard deviation) | 10.6 (76; 9.2) | 9.8 (54; 8.7) |
 Number of years working in district | ||
  Mean (n; standard deviation) | 8.2 (76; 8) | 7.9 (54; 6.9) |
 Number of years working in a health facility | ||
  Mean (n; standard deviation) | 5.2 (76; 4) | 4.9 (54; 5.1) |