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Table 2 Percentage of attrition and intention to leave by background. Ethiopia, 2019

From: Understanding the factors affecting attrition and intention to leave of health extension workers: a mixed methods study in Ethiopia

Variable

Category

Attrition rate

(N = 3476)

Intention to leave

(N = 584)

Weighted %

Weighted %

Region

Tigray

16.3

32.2

Afar

36.1

42.1

Amhara

25.3

64.2

Oromia

15

40.3

Ethiopian Somali

–

25.3

Benshangul–Gumuz

–

21.6

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR)

18.6

27.9

Gambela

20

48.4

Harari

6.1

58.8

Addis Ababa

38.5

–

Dire Dawa

8.4

–

National

21.1

39.5

Woreda type

Agrarian

18.7

–

Pastoralist

32

–

Urban

21.2

–

Age category

18–24

21.4

35.2

 

25–29

22.5

41.4

 

30 and above

14.3

39.1

Deployment year

2004–2008

25.5

37.1

 

2009–2013

27.9

46.4

 

2014–2018

12.1

36.5

Certification level

Level three

21.2

36.9

 

Level four

8.6

42

 

Diploma/degree

33.5

0

Having biological children

No

24.1

43.2

 

Yes

18.3

37.9

Family size

One to three

21.9

–

 

Four or more

19.2

–

Certificate of competence status

COC certified

14.9

44.6

 

Not certified

32.4

31.8

Recognition

No recognition

20.6

–

 

One or more recognitions

20.9

–

Administrative reprimand

No reprimand

20

–

 

At least one reprimand

22.9

–

Annual leave

No annual leave

21.5

–

 

1–3 annual leaves

18

–

 

 ≥ 4 annual leaves

23

–

Satisfaction level

Satisfied

–

31.4

 

Not satisfied

–

46.3

Burnout

No burnout

–

27.3

 

Little burnout

–

32.3

 

Severe sign of burnout

–

52.2

  1. Ethiopia, 2019