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Table 3 Predictors of frontline health workers’ productivity at primary healthcare level

From: Patterns of financial incentives in primary healthcare settings in Nigeria: implications for the productivity of frontline health workers

Characteristic

Univariate analysis OR (95% CI)

Multivariate analysis OR (95% CI)

Facility type

0.193

0181

 Health clinic

Ref.

Ref.

 Health post

0.4 (0.1–1.5)

0.5 (0.1–2.0)

 PHC

1.1 (0.4–3.1)

1.5 (0.5–4.6)

Sex

0.091

0.067

 Female

Ref.

Ref.

 Male

1.9 (0.9–4.5)

2.3 (0.9–5.7)

Age

0.735

0.957

 > 4 yrs

Ref.

Ref.

 30–3 yrs

1.1 (0.5–2.6)

1.2 (0.3–4.5)

 < 2 yrs

1.6 (0.5–5.4)

1.0 (0.4–2.7)

Education

0.581

0.959

 Post-sec school

Ref.

Ref.

 University degree and above

2.2 (0.1–36.1)

0.9 (0.1–18.3)

Satisfaction with incentive for MNCH work

< 0.013

0.009

 Unsatisfactory incentive

Ref.

Ref.

 Satisfactory incentive

2.8 (1.3–6.3)

3.3 (1.3–8.23)