Table 2 Factors and pathway to become auxiliary midwives
From: Auxiliary midwives in hard to reach rural areas of Myanmar: filling MCH gaps
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Proposing person | ||
Village head | 172 | 15.0 |
Villagers | 76 | 6.6 |
Midwives | 228 | 19.9 |
Self applying | 671 | 58.5 |
Reasons for application | ||
Having chance to serve villagers | 1,002 | 88.5 |
Being recognised by community | 64 | 5.6 |
Having chance to be upgraded to midwife | 63 | 5.6 |
Earning more revenue | 3 | 0.3 |
Batch | ||
Year 2012 | 308 | 26.7 |
Year 2000–2011 | 396 | 34.4 |
Before 2000 | 449 | 38.9 |
Attending refresher course (in 2012) | ||
Ever attended | 513 | 58.2 |
Not attended | 368 | 41.8 |
Confidence after attending refresher course | ||
Very confident | 289 | 25.0 |
Confident | 693 | 60.1 |
Fairly confident | 162 | 14.0 |
Not confident | 7 | 0.6 |
Not confident at all | 3 | 0.3 |