Experiences of a new cadre of midwives in Bangladesh: findings from a mixed method study

Table 2 Long-term preference of the midwives

	%
Locality
Urban	66.5
Rural	31.1
No preference	2.4
Sector
Public/ government sector	99.7
Private sector	0.0
NGO sector	0.3
Others	0.0
No preference	0.0
Facility type
Tertiary hospitals	7.0
District hospitals	31.5
Maternal and child welfare centres	17.7
Upazila health complexes^a	37.9
Union sub-centres^b	5.5
Family welfare centres^b	0.3
Others (specify)	0.0
No preference	0.0
Wish to migrate abroad
Yes	74.8
No	25.2
Desire to undertake higher education
Yes	99.7
No	0.3
Number of respondents (N)	329

^aUpazila health complexes are primary level health care facilities at a sub-district level with inpatient and outpatient facilities
^bUnion sub-centres and family welfare centres are union (lowest administrative area) level facilities with outpatient services only run by health and family planning departments respectively

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