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Table 1 Facility characteristics of sampled respondents

From: A cross-sectional study of the income sources of primary care health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Facility characteristics of sampled (n) workers

Proportion of workers

%

Facility location (n = 453)

 Rural

80.6

 Urban

19.4

Province (n = 453)

 Equateur

23.0

 Kasai Occidental

29.8

 Kasai Oriental

5.7

 Maniema

27.6

 Province Orientale

13.9

Type of facility (n = 453)

 Health centre

81.7

 Reference health centre

17.2

 Health post

1.1

Distance of facility from the village (n = 443a)

 Less than 1 km

31.6

 Between 1 and 5 km

48.3

 Between 5 and 10 km

12.0

 Greater than 10 km

8.1

Number of services provided by facility (n = 435a)

 3 to 5 services

12.2

 6 to 9 services

76.1

 Over 10 services

3.0

Total clinical staff present on the day (n = 453)

 1

13.3

 2

34.0

 3

23.8

 4

16.8

 5

6.6

 6

4.0

 7

1.6

Population catchment for area (n = 430a)

 Less than 5000

48.9

 5000 to 10,000

21.6

 10,001 to 15,000

17.4

 Greater than 15,000

12.1

  1. aLess than 453 due to missing values for those variables