Table 1 Community Midwife Assistant and Nurse Midwife Technician characteristics
Characteristics (N = 58) | CMA (N = 29) | NMT (N = 29) | Fisher’s Exact Test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 0.042 | ||||
< 24 | 14 | (48.3) | 5 | (17.2) | |
25–30 | 11 | (37.9) | 16 | (55.1) | |
> 32 | 4 | (13.8) | 8 | (27.6) | |
District | 1.000 | ||||
North Rumphi, Likoma | 5 | (17.2) | 5 | (17.2) | |
Central Lilongwe, Kasungu, Ntchisi | 10 | (34.5) | 10 | (34.5) | |
South Blantyre, Zomba, Mulanje, Machinga, Balaka, Thyolo, Neno, Phalombe, Mangochi | 14 | (48.3) | 14 | (48.3) | |
Years since graduation from school | < 0.001 | ||||
< 1 year | 28 | (96.6) | 7 | (24.1) | |
1–5 years | 1 | (3.5) | 9 | (31.0) | |
5–10 years | 0 | (0.0) | 9 | (31.0) | |
11–20 years | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (3.5) | |
21+ years | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (10.3) |