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Table 1 General characteristics of participants in the two provinces

From: Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Variables

Total

[N(%)]

South-Kivu[

N(%)]

North-Kivu [N(%)]

p-value

Aggression in last 12 months (590)

   

0.067

Yes

276 (45.85)

172 (42.79)

104 (52.00)

 

No

314 (52.16)

223 (55.47)

91 (45.50)

 

No response

12 (1.99)

7 (1.74)

5 (2.50)

 

Age range (n = 579)

   

0.883

< 35 years

198 (34.20)

137 (34.86)

61 (32.80)

 

35–50 years

318 (54.92)

214 (54.45)

104 (55.91)

 

> 50 years

63 (10.88)

42 (10.69)

21 (11.29)

 

Sex (n = 397)

   

0.015

Female

150 (37.78)

91 (33.70)

59 (46.46)

 

Male

247 (62.22)

179 (66.30)

68 (53.54)

 

Type of health structure (n = 499)

   

< 0.001

Primary

68 (13.63)

34 (9.42)

34 (24.64)

 

Secondary

415 (83.17)

324 (89.75)

91 (65.94)

 

Tertiary

16 (3.21)

3 (0.83)

13 (9.42)

 

Profession (n = 550)

   

0.368

Doctors

140 (25.45)

88 (23.28)

52 (30.23)

 

Dentist/ Physiotherapist/ Pharmacist

87 (15.82)

63 (16.67)

24 (13.95)

 

Nurse/Laboratory technician

259 (47.09)

182 (48.15)

77 (44.77)

 

Administration / Security / Others

64 (11.64)

45 (11.90)

19 (11.05)