Table 2 Background characteristics of health professionals
Variable | KATH | KBTH | BOTH HOSPITALS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male% | Female% | Total%(n = 15) | Male% | Female% | Total %(n = 15) | Male% | Female% | Total%(n = 30) | |
Age | |||||||||
20–29 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 33.3 | – | 26.7 | 26.7 | 6.7 | 23.3 | 30.0 |
30–39 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 53.3 | 6.7 | 40.0 | 46.7 | 13.3 | 36.7 | 50.0 |
40–49 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 13.3 |
50–59 | – | – | – | – | 13.3 | 13.3 | – | 6.7 | 6.7 |
Level of formal education | |||||||||
Diploma | 20.0 | 13.3 | 33.3 | – | 6.7 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 |
1st degree | 13.3 | 46.7 | 60.0 | – | 79.9 | 79.9 | 6.7 | 63.3 | 70.0 |
2nd degree | 6.7 | – | 6.7 | 6.7 | – | 6.7 | 6.7 | – | 6.7 |
3rd degree | – | – | – | 6.7 | – | 6.7 | 3.3 | – | 3.3 |
Marital status | |||||||||
Never married | 26.7 | 13.3 | 40.0 | – | 20.0 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 30.0 |
Married | 6.7 | 46.6 | 53.3 | 13.3 | 66.7 | 80.0 | 10.0 | 56.7 | 66.7 |
Divorced | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Widowed | – | 6.7 | 6.7 | – | – | – | – | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Religion | |||||||||
Christianity | 33.3 | 60.0 | 93.3 | 13.3 | 80.0 | 93.3 | 23.3 | 95.5 | 93.3 |
Islam | 6.7 | – | 6.7 | – | 6.7 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
Ethnicity | |||||||||
Mole-Dagbani | 6.7 | – | 6.7 | – | – | – | 3.3 | – | 3.3 |
Ewe | 6.7 | – | 6.7 | – | 6.7 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 6.3 |
Akan | 26.6 | 60.0 | 86.6 | 13.3 | 66.7 | 80 | 20.0 | 63.3 | 83.3 |
Ga/Dangmegbani | – | – | – | – | 13.3 | 13.3 | – | 6.7 | 6.7 |
Occupation | |||||||||
Medical doctor | – | 6.7 | 6.7 | 13.3 | – | 13.3 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 10.0 |
Nurse | 20.0 | 53.3 | 73.3 | – | 60.0 | 60.0 | 10.0 | 56.7 | 66.7 |
Optometrist | – | – | – | – | 6.7.0 | 6.7 | – | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Physiotherapist | 13.3 | 6.7 | 20.0 | – | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 20.0 |
Duration of practice (In years) | |||||||||
1–5 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 53.3 | – | 40.0 | 40.0 | 10.0 | 36.7 | 46.7 |
6–10 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 13.3 | 26.7 | 40.0 | 16.7 | 23.3 | 40.0 |
11+ | – | 6.7 | 6.7 | – | 20.0 | 20.0 | – | 13.3 | 13.3 |