Characterization and distribution of medicine vendors in 2 states in Nigeria: implications for scaling health workforce and family planning services

Table 4 Bivariate analysis showing the association between medical training/newly PPMV outlets and product stocking, registration and source of FP products

Outcome	% of medicine vendors with any medical training			% of length of time PPMV business started
	Yes	No	Sig	0–5 years	> 5 years	Sig
Product stocking^a
Any oral contraceptive	85.3	76.8	*	80.1	80.1
Injectable contraceptive	65.2	27.1	**	48.9	35.8	**
Emergency contraception	48.9	39.0	*	42.3	43.4
Registration
National or local association of medicine vendors	44.9	31.6	**	41.0	33.0	*
Pharmacist Council of Nigeria	55.1	68.4	**	59.1	67.1	*
Source of FP products
Open market	71.3	83.4	**	83.8	69.1	**
Open market (Kaduna)	94.8	95.3		95.9	93.8
Open market (Lagos)	22.0	46.3	*	41.7	42.3
Health training of vendor				56.3	43.7	**

Sig. significant association observed
*Significant at 5%; **significant at 1%, a multiple response possible (percentages are more than 100%)

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