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Table 3 Rural–urban differences in staff motivation levels

From: Frontline staff motivation levels and health care quality in rural and urban primary health facilities: a baseline study in the Greater Accra and Western regions of Ghana

 

Rural

Urban

Total

p-value

Proxies for staff motivation

Freq. (%a)

Freq. (%)

Freq. (%)

 

Physical work environment (n = 318)

   

0.2033

 Disappointing

25(8 %)

11(3 %)

36(11 %)

 

 Satisfactory

154(49 %)

128(40 %)

282(89 %)

 

Availability of resources and drugs (n = 321)

   

0.0015*

 Disappointing

66(21 %)

24(7 %)

90(28 %)

 

 Satisfactory

113(35 %)

118(37 %)

231(72 %)

 

Financial and extrinsic incentives (n = 312)

   

0.6216

 Disappointing

131(42 %)

103(33 %)

234(75 %)

 

 Satisfactory

43(14 %)

35(11 %)

78(25 %)

 

Job prospects and career development (n = 308)

   

0.1811

 Disappointing

65(21 %)

58(19 %)

123(40 %)

 

 Satisfactory

110(36 %)

75(24 %)

185(60 %)

 
  1. Source: WOTRO- COHEiSION Project Clinic Staff Survey (March-June, 2012)
  2. *Wilkoxon Mann–Whitney rank sum test statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance
  3. aAll percentages have been rounded up to the nearest decimal point