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Table 2 Demographic data for frontline staff

From: Postings and transfers in the Ghanaian health system: a study of health workforce governance

Frontline staff

District A

District B

Total

% of all respondents

(n = 44)

(n = 43)

(n = 87)

(100%)

Mean age in years

33.93 (SD = 11.58)

30.81 (SD = 8.18)

-

-

Mean years in post

2.94 (SD = 2.72)

2.73 (SD = 4.98)

-

-

Mean years in GHS

8.95 (SD = 11.27)

5.68 (SD = 6.28)

-

-

Sex

 Male

5

4

9

10%

 Female

39

39

78

90%

Professional classification

 Medical doctor

1

-

1

1%

 Principal nursing officer

1

-

1

1%

 Midwife

5

7

12

14%

 Public Health Nurse

2

-

2

2%

 Disease control officer

-

1

1

1%

 Nutrition officer

1

-

1

1%

 Superintendent enrolled nurse

1

-

1

1%

 Community health nurse

14

19

33

38%

 Clinical nurse

0

2

2

2%

 Enrolled nurse

10

10

20

23%

 General staff nurse

9

2

11

13%

 Registered general nurse

-

2

2

2%