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Table 4 Characteristics of women participating in the study

From: Assessing the impact of a motivational intervention to improve the working lives of maternity healthcare workers: a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of a feasibility study in Malawi

 

Referral hospital

District hospital

Community hospital

Before

n = 56

After

n = 60

Before

n = 54

After

n = 62

Before

n = 52

After

n = 69

Mean age

(SD)

25.7

(6.3)

26.5

(6.5)

25.4

(5.5)

25.2

(7.9)

23.5

(5.3)

24.1

(5.8)

Mean travel time min

(SD)

67.5

(47.5)

48.3

(26.4)

110

(39.5)

76.0

(47.2)

94.3

(51.4)

67.9

(39.1)

Primiparous

n (%)

23/56

(41%)

19/60

(32%)

20/54

(37%)

25/62

(40%)

19/52

(37%)

31/69

(45%)

Educational level

Primary or less

n (%)

34/56

(61%)

35/69

(58%)

44/54

(81%)

49/62 (79%)

45/52

(87%)

57/69

(83%)