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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the health workers of Nyamagana and Ilemela districts of Mwanza city included in the study

From: Predictors of knowledge and practice of exclusive breastfeeding among health workers in Mwanza city, northwest Tanzania

Variables

Nyamagana

n (%)

Ilemela district

n (%)

Total

n (%)

Sex of the study group (n = 220)a

 Male

25 (11.4%)

14 (6.3%)

39 (17.7%)

 Female

121 (55%)

60 (27.3%)

181 (82.3%)

Age of the study group (n = 220)a

 19–30 years

26 (11.8%)

16 (7.3%)

42 (19.1%)

 31–40 years

67 (34.4%)

29 (13.2%)

96 (43.6%)

 41–50 years

35 (15.9%)

18 (8.2%)

53 (24.1%)

 51 years and above

18 (8.2%)

11 (5%)

29 (13.2%)

Health workers cadres (n = 220)a

 Registered nurse

54 (24.5%)

27 (12.3%)

81 (36.8%)

 Enrolled nurse

40 (18.2%)

25 (11.3%)

65 (29.5%)

 Doctor

36 (16.4%)

4 (1.8%)

40 (18.2%)

 Clinician (CO and AMO)

10 (4.5%)

14 (6.4%)

24 (10.9%)

 Auxiliary Nurse

6 (2.7%)

4 (1.8%)

10 (4.5%)

Years after professional training (n = 220)a

 less than 1 year

12 (5.5%)

8 (3.6%)

20 (9.1%)

 1 to 3 years

46 (20.9%)

22 (10%)

68 (30.9%)

 4 to 8 years

42 (19.1%)

16 (7.3%)

58 (26.4%)

 9 years and more

46 (20.9%)

28 (12.7%)

74 (33.6%)

Ever had training on exclusive breastfeeding (n = 220)b

 Yes

26 (11.8%)

11 (5%)

37 (16.8%)

 No

120 (54.6%)

63 (28.6%)

183 (83.2%)

Length of exclusive breastfeeding training (n = 37)c

 less than 1 week

12 (32.4%)

3 (8.1%)

15 (40.5%)

 1 to 3 weeks

13 (35.2%)

8 (21.6%)

21 (56.8%)

 4 to 6 weeks

1 (2.7%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.7%)

  1. aThe demographic data of health workers (N = 220), which include sex, age and cadre and number of years after professional training; bnumber trained/not trained on exclusive breastfeeding (N = 220), amongst c(N = 37) were ever trained on exclusive breastfeeding: the length of training ranged from less than a week to 4–6 weeks