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Table 1 Study participant characteristics

From: ‘It was hell in the community’: a qualitative study of maternal and child health care during health care worker strikes in Kenya

 

Women pregnant in 2017 (n=43)

CHVs

(n=22)

Health facility managers (n=8)

Median age, years (range)

28 (17-43)

46 (34-60)

33 (29-58)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

43 (100%)

17 (77%)

7 (88%)

Marital status, n (%)

 Single

 Married

9 (21%)

34 (79%)

-

-

-

-

Employment, n (%)

 Self employed

 Employed

 Unemployed

14 (32%)

6 (14%)

23 (54%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Occupation, n (%)

 Nurse

 Public health officer

 CHEW

-

-

-

-

-

-

5 (63%)

2 (25%)

1 (12%)

Education, n (%)

 Pre-primary, none

 Primary

 Secondary

 College/Graduate

2 (5%)

17 (40%)

16 (37%)

8 (18%)

0 (0%)

11 (50%)

8 (36%)

3 (14%)

-

-

-

Median years of experience (range)

-

10.5 (7-30)

4 (2.5-33)

Type of facility employed, n (%)

 Public

 Private (faith-based)

-

-

-

-

5 (63%)

3 (37%)