n (%) | |
Country income level† | |
High-income | 277 (26) |
Middle-income | 682 (64) |
Low-income | 101 (10) |
World region | |
East Asia and Pacific | 41 (4) |
Europe and Central Asia | 675 (64) |
Latin America and Caribbean | 66 (6) |
Middle East and North Africa | 53 (5) |
North America | 25 (2) |
South Asia | 27 (2) |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 173 (16) |
Cadre | |
Midwife/nurse-midwife | 257 (25) |
Nurse | 312 (29) |
Obstetrician/gynaecologist | 223 (21) |
Neonatologist/paediatrician | 73 (7) |
Medical doctor (no specialisation) | 126 (12) |
Other | 54 (5) |
Position | |
Head of facility | 44 (4) |
Head of department or ward | 103 (10) |
Head of team | 87 (8) |
Team member | 237 (22) |
Interim member | 74 (7) |
Independent or self-practicing | 110 (10) |
Other | 360 (34) |
Gender | |
Female | 826 (78) |
Male | 213 (20) |
Prefer not to mention | 7 (2) |
Type of care provided (multiple responses allowed) | |
Outpatient ANC | 402 (38) |
Home-based childbirth care | 76 (7) |
Outpatient PNC | 321 (30) |
Outpatient breastfeeding support | 255 (24) |
Inpatient ANC | 284 (27) |
Inpatient childbirth care | 362 (34) |
Inpatient PNC | 325 (31) |
Surgical care | 169 (16) |
Neonatal care (small and sick newborns) | 157 (15) |
Home visits | 152 (14) |
Community outreach | 204 (19) |
Family planning provision or counselling | 251 (24) |
Abortion care | 139 (13) |
Post-abortion care | 189 (18) |
Other | 147 (14) |
Works in more than one health facility | |
Yes | 742 (70) |
No | 300 (28) |
Primary workplace | |
Referral hospital | 202 (19) |
District/regional hospital | 196 (18) |
Health centre | 91 (8) |
Polyclinic or clinic | 280 (26) |
Birth centre | 111 (10) |
Independent or self-practicing | 67 (6) |
Other | 94 (9) |
Primary workplace sector | |
Public (national) | 532 (50) |
Public (university or teaching) | 107 (10) |
Public (district level or below) | 168 (16) |
Private for profit | 28 (3) |
Private not-for-profit | 25 (3) |
Independent or self-practicing | 63 (6) |
Other | 88 (8) |
Type of area | |
Large city (>1 million inhabitants) | 355 (33) |
Small city (100 000–1 million inhabitants) | 246 (23) |
Town (<100 000 inhabitants) | 149 (14) |
Village/rural area | 236 (22) |
Other | 43 (4) |
Workplace characteristics | |
Facility provides caesarean section | 535 (50) |
Facility accepts referrals from other facilities | 672 (63) |
*Differential number of missing values across variables.
†According to the World Bank classification.84
ANC, antenatal care; PNC, postnatal care.