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Table 2 Univariate descriptive statistics

From: Street-level workers’ inadequate knowledge and application of exemption policies in Burkina Faso jeopardize the achievement of universal health coverage: evidence from a cross-sectional survey

 

Mean / %

SD

N / n

min

max

Outcome indicators

 Knowledge of indigent exemptions

7.09

0.2568

1311

0

1

 Application of indigent exemptions (recoded)

5.03

0.2187

1311

0

1

 Knowledge of delivery exemptions

25.86

0.4380

1311

0

1

 Application of delivery exemptions (recoded)

23.26

0.4227

1311

0

1

Individual characteristics

 Sex

100.00%

 

1311

  

  Male

50.19%

0.5002

658

0

1

  Female

49.81%

0.5002

653

0

1

Age

34.6

5.3925

1311

20

57

 Education

100.00%

 

1311

  

  No education or primary

2.75%

0.1635

36

0

1

  Junior high school

29.82%

0.4577

391

0

1

  Senior high school

58.73%

0.4925

770

0

1

  Higher education

8.70%

0.2819

114

0

1

 Health worker type

100.00%

 

1311

  

  Nurse (IDE, IB, nursing assistant) or medical doctor

42.49%

0.4945

557

0

1

  Midwife (midwife/birth attendant/assistant midwife (AA, AB))

35.70%

0.4793

468

0

1

  Mobile health worker (AIS)

21.82%

0.4132

286

0

1

Head of health facility

28.38%

0.4510

1311

0

1

Years worked at facility

3.0

2.5925

1311

0

24

Absence in past 30 days

3.2

5.5600

1311

0

30

Performance feedback received during past 12 months

68.96%

0.4629

1311

0

1

Training – emergency obstetric and neonatal care

5.57%

0.2294

1311

0

1

Training – facility (financial) management

1.68%

0.1285

1311

0

1

Influence on decisions (scale from 0 = lowest to 10 = highest)

5.9

3.0557

1311

0

10

Control over facility (scale from 0 = lowest to 10 = highest)

6.8

2.9283

1311

0

10

Facility-level variables

 Environment

100.00%

 

1311

  

  Rural

76.74%

0.4227

1006

0

1

  Urban

23.26%

0.4227

234

0

1

 Type of healthcare facility

100.00%

 

1311

  

  Primary

87.80%

0.3275

1151

0

1

  Secondary

10.22%

0.3030

134

0

1

  Private/other

1.98%

0.1395

26

0

1

Number of clinical staff

3.7

2.2537

1311

1

12

District-level variables

 Share of indigents in district (district-level variable)

22.03%

0.1196

24

0

0.6

 District

100.00%

 

1311

  

  Boromo

1.60%

0.1256

21

0

1

  Nouna

8.62%

0.2808

113

0

1

  Solenzo

7.09%

0.2568

93

0

1

  Toma

2.67%

0.1613

35

0

1

  Manga

2.14%

0.1446

28

0

1

  Ouargaye

2.59%

0.1590

34

0

1

  Tenkodogo

2.59%

0.1590

34

0

1

  Zabre

0.76%

0.0870

10

0

1

  Barsalgho

1.30%

0.1132

17

0

1

  Kaya

12.20%

0.3275

160

0

1

  Kongoussi

6.03%

0.2381

79

0

1

  Ziniare

3.81%

0.1916

50

0

1

  Doudougou

10.07%

0.3010

132

0

1

  Nanoro

1.37%

0.1164

18

0

1

  Reo

3.28%

0.1782

43

0

1

  Sapouy

3.97%

0.1952

52

0

1

  Bousse

3.05%

0.1721

40

0

1

  Gourcy

6.18%

0.2409

81

0

1

  Ouahigouya

13.42%

0.3410

176

0

1

  Yako

3.20%

0.1762

42

0

1

  Batie

1.07%

0.1028

14

0

1

  Dano

0.84%

0.0913

11

0

1

  Diebougou

1.91%

0.1368

25

0

1

  Gaoua

0.23%

0.0478

3

0

1

Secondary outcome indicator

 Preference for selection of % of the population to be fully exempted

100,00%

 

1445

  

  1%

5.81%

0.2341

84

0

1

  5%

24.08%

0.4277

348

0

1

  10%

33.08%

0.4707

478

0

1

  20%

16.54%

0.3717

239

0

1

  25%

20.48%

0.4037

296

0

1