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Table 5 Second language and overseas experience global health job requirements by technical focus area

From: Mapping the global health employment market: an analysis of global health jobs

Technical Focus Area

PNP Jobs

Second language required or preferred

Overseas experience required or preferred

N

N

%

p-value

N

%

p-value

All

884

386

43.7%

 

384

43.4%

 

Managementa

305

140

45.9%

0.3305

144

47.2%

0.1004

Monitoring & Evaluation

126

58

46.0%

0.563

47

37.3%

0.1334

HIV/AIDS

130

49

37.7%

0.1371

67

51.5%

0.0437

Quantitative Analysis & Data Managementb

79

32

40.5%

0.553

26

32.9%

0.0479

Maternal & Child Health

74

49

66.2%

< 0.0001

45

60.8%

0.0016

Logistics, Operations, and Supply Chain Management

64

27

42.2%

0.8045

28

43.8%

0.9584

Businessd

55

21

38.2%

0.1142

18

32.7%

0.3273

Soft Skillsc

54

18

33.3%

0.3972

20

37.0%

0.0979

Health Systems Strengthening

45

14

31.1%

0.0813

23

51.1%

0.2865

Malaria

41

19

46.3%

0.7235

23

56.1%

0.1663

Nutrition

37

19

51.4%

0.3355

16

43.2%

0.9804

Sexual Health

36

19

52.8%

0.2604

26

72.2%

0.0004

Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH)

34

12

35.3%

0.3156

12

35.3%

0.3285

Disease-Focusede

33

18

54.5%

0.199

17

51.5%

0.3401

Tuberculosis

30

13

43.3%

0.9703

13

43.3%

0.9905

Emergency Response

29

19

65.5%

0.0158

18

62.1%

0.0396

  1. Technical specialty areas will not add up to total number of vacancies, as most vacancies had more than one technical focus
  2. aManagement of programs, projects, grants, or portfolios
  3. bData analysis, surveillance, epidemiology, statistics, informatics, etc
  4. cAdministration, coordination, coalition-building, partnership development
  5. dFinance, business development, fundraising, HR, marketing
  6. eNTDs, Ebola, Guinea worm, infectious disease, hepatitis, polio, etc
  7. Bold values indicate that the difference between the percentage of job vacancies in the given category requiring or preferring proficiency in a second language or previous overseas experience, compared to the percentage of the entire sample, was statistically significant. The significance threshold was set at .05