Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in health facilities in the Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019
Variables | Number | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex (N − = 384) |  |  |
 Male | 146 | 38 |
 Female | 238 | 62 |
Age in year (N = 357) |  |  |
  ≤ 30 | 294 | 82.4 |
  > 30 | 63 | 17.6 |
Level of education (N = 386) |  |  |
 Grade ten completed | 2 | 0.5 |
 Diploma | 225 | 58.3 |
 Bachelor | 155 | 40.2 |
 Master | 4 | 1.0 |
Profession (N − = 386) |  |  |
 BSC midwifery | 18 | 4.7 |
 BSC nurse | 51 | 13.2 |
 Health officers | 56 | 14.5 |
 Clinical nurse diploma | 115 | 29.8 |
 Health information technician | 42 | 10.9 |
 Laboratory diploma | 17 | 4.4 |
 Midwifery diploma | 37 | 9.6 |
 Pharmacy diploma | 39 | 10.1 |
 Others | 11 | 2.8 |
Experience in year (N = 375) |  |  |
  ≤ 5 | 239 | 63.7 |
 6–10 | 102 | 27.2 |
  ≥ 11 | 34 | 9.1 |
Salary in ETB (N = 378) |  |  |
  ≤ 5000 | 281 | 74.3 |
 5001–10,000 | 94 | 24.9 |
  > 10,000 | 3 | 0.8 |
Work location (N = 386) |  |  |
 Urban | 153 | 39.6 |
 Rural | 233 | 60.4 |
Departments by type (N = 386) |  |  |
 Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) | 17 | 4.4 |
 Emergency outpatient department | 18 | 4.8 |
 Facility head office | 24 | 6.2 |
 HMIS unit | 41 | 10.6 |
 Laboratory | 17 | 4.4 |
 Maternal and child health (MCH) | 97 | 25.1 |
 Out-patient department (OPD) | 76 | 19.7 |
 Pharmacy | 42 | 10.9 |
 TB clinic | 16 | 4.1 |
 Youth friendly service | 18 | 5.2 |
 Others | 20 | 3.4 |