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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of interviewees (N, %)

From: Training primary healthcare workers in China’s township hospitals: a mixed methods study

Characteristics

Overall

(n = 203)

Directors

(n = 45)

Physicians

(n = 48)

Nurses

(n = 43)

Public health workers

(n = 67)

p value

Gender

 Male

104 (51.23)

42 (93.33)

28 (58.33)

0 (0.00)

34 (50.75)

< 0.001

 Female

99 (48.77)

3 (6.67)

20 (41.67)

43 (100.00)

33 (49.25)

 

Age

  < 30

31 (44.93)

0 (0.00)

7 (43.75)

12 (57.14)

12 (54.55)

0.097

 30–39

19 (27.54)

4 (40.00)

5 (31.25)

6 (28.57)

4 (18.18)

 

 40–49

18 (26.09)

6 (60.00)

4 (25.00)

3 (14.29)

5 (22.73)

 

  ≥ 50

1 (1.45)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

1 (4.55)

 

Length of service (years)

  < 5

17 (15.60)

0 (0.00)

2 (8.33)

8 (26.67)

7 (20.59)

0.152

 5–9

22 (20.18)

3 (14.29)

5 (20.83)

5 (16.67)

9 (26.47)

 

 10–19

40 (36.70)

12 (57.14)

11 (45.83)

9 (30.00)

8 (23.53)

 

  ≥ 20

30 (27.52)

6 (28.57)

6 (25.00)

8 (26.67)

10 (29.41)