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Table 1 Health provider demographics disaggregated by sex

From: The relationship between inequitable gender norms and provider attitudes and quality of care in maternal health services in Rwanda: a mixed methods study

 

Men

Women

TOTAL

 

%

n

%

n

%

n

Sex distribution of sample

40.4

61

59.6

90

100.0

151

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age

34.03

6.19

35.77

6.55

35.07

6.44

Age groups

%

n

%

n

%

n

 Younger (< 35)

57.38

35

47.78

43

51.66

78

 Older (35+)

42.62

26

52.22

47

48.34

73

Occupation

%

n

%

n

%

n

Nurse or midwife

91.80

56

97.78

88

95.36

144

 Midwife (A1)

6.56

4

18.89

17

13.91

21

 Nurse (A1)

45.90

28

38.89

35

41.72

63

 Nurse (A2)

39.34

24

38.89

35

39.07

59

 Nurse (A3)

0.00

0

1.11

1

0.66

1

Doctor

8.20

5

1.11

1

3.97

6

 Doctor (generalist)

4.92

3

1.11

1

2.65

4

 Doctor (specialist)

3.28

2

0

0

1.32

2

Other

0.00

0

1.11

1

0.66

1

% of respondents who provide the following services

%

n

%

n

%

n

 Family planning

65.57

40

70.00

63

68.21

103

 Antenatal care

60.66

37

76.67

69

70.20

106

 Labor/delivery

81.97

50

78.89

71

80.13

121

 Postnatal care

77.05

47

77.78

70

77.48

117

 Other service

49.18

30

40.00

36

43.71

66

% of respondents who provide both FP and MNH (antenatal, labor/delivery, postnatal) services

62.30

38

65.56

59

64.24

97

  1. A1 midwives have completed 3 years of training in midwifery at an institution of higher education; A1 nurses have completed 3 years training in nursing at an institution of higher education (A1 nurses are registered nurses); A2 nurses have completed 6 years of secondary school training with a general nursing focus; A3 nurses have 3 years of post-primary school training in nursing