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Table 1 Comparison of characteristics of the providers in intervention (I) and control (C) groups

From: Effect of a peer-educational intervention on provider knowledge and reported performance in family planning services: a cluster randomized trial

Characteristics

In-charges

Non in-charges

All providers

 

I

C

I

C

I

C

Follow-up I

      

Degree, n (%)

      

   Midwifery (BSc*)

14 (45)

18 (62)

29 (58)

24 (46)

43 (54)

42 (51)

   Midwifery(Tech.†)

4 (13)

4 (14)

9 (18)

12 (23)

13 (16)

16 (20)

   Others

13 (42)

7 (24)

11 (22)

16 (31)

24 (30)

23 (28)

Type of facility, n (%)

      

   Health centre

16 (48)

17 (57)

31 (58)

32 (62)

47 (55)

49 (60)

   Health post

17 (52)

13 (43)

22 (42)

20 (38)

39 (45)

33 (40)

Age, Mean ± SE

36.4 ± 1.1

35.1 ± 1.1

35.0 ± 1.1

32.5 ± 1.1

35.5 ± 0.8

33.5 ± 0.9

n‡

33

30

53

52

86

82

Follow-up II

      

Degree, n (%)

      

   Midwifery (BSc)

18 (69)

21 (66)

24 (44)

22 (39)

42 (52)

43 (49)

   Midwifery(Tech.)

2 (8)

3 (9)

11 (20)

17 (30)

13 (18)

20 (23)

   Others

6 (23)

8 (25)

20 (36)

17 (30)

26 (32)

25 (28)

Type of facility, n (%)

      

   Health center

14 (48)

12 (38)

35 (60)

32 (57)

49 (56)

44 (50)

   Health post

15 (52)

20 (62)

23 (40)

24 (43)

38 (44)

44 (50)

Age, Mean ± SE

33.2 ± 1.0

35.1 ± 0.8

34.1 ± 0.7

32.7 ± 1.4

33.8 ± 0.6

33.6 ± 0.9

n‡

29

32

58

56

87

88

  1. * There were also 2 midwives with MSc degrees;
  2. † Technicians have two years of university education
  3. ‡ Because of missing values, total numbers are not equal to the sums of the numbers for some characteristics
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