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Table 3 Population-weighted professional characteristics of midwives in Oromia, Amhara, SNNP, and Tigray regions and in Addis Ababa

From: Professionalism, stigma, and willingness to provide patient-centered safe abortion counseling and care: a mixed methods study of Ethiopian midwives

 

Number of observationsa

Estimated percentageb

95% confidence intervalc

Midwifery training program

   

 Diploma

509

54

49, 59

 Bachelor’s degree

406

44

39, 50

 Other

21

2

1, 3

Currently works in private facility

287

26

22, 31

Type of health care facility

   

 Rural health center

347

27

22, 33

 Urban health center

311

41

36, 45

 Primary hospital

126

15

12, 20

 General hospital

117

14

11, 16

 Specialized/tertiary/teaching

34

3

2, 6

Years in practice

   

 Fewer than 3 years

266

28

25, 32

 3–4 years

244

29

26, 32

 5–9 years

347

37

33, 41

 10 years or more

53

6

4, 9

Has received SAC training

313

32

26, 39

Has had patient with incomplete abortion

748

85

81, 87

Has provided post-abortion care

620

72

66, 76

Has had patient die from unsafe abortion

143

17

15, 19

Has provided SAC

334

34

28, 42

  1. aUnweighted observations. Because of missing observations and weighting, the number of observations may not match percentages and may not add to the total sample size
  2. bThese estimates are population weighted
  3. c95% CIs reflect the range of possible values for the survey-weighted estimated percentages