Current situation of midwives in indonesia: Evidence from 3 districts in West Java Province

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Table 3 Age, marital status, initial qualifications, years in village and employment status in Ciamis, Garut, Sukabumi districts, Indonesia, 2009.

	Ciamis	Garut	Sukabumi	Total	Chi sq p
	%	%	%	%
Age					0.001
20-29	8	31	38	26
30-39	81	58	46	62
40-49	11	11	16	12
N	53	55	56	164
Marital status					0.005
Married	98	95	84	92
Not married	2	5	16	8
N	53	55	56	164
Initial qualifications					0.002
Sekolah bidan	4	0	2	2
D1	83	64	55	67
D3	13	36	43	31
N	53	55	56	164
Years in village					0.001
< 1.0	0	10	24	12
1.0-1.9	4	14	15	11
2.0-4.9	13	21	13	15
5.0-9.9	18	14	15	15
10.0-19.9	65	41	33	46
N	46	49	54	149
Employment status					0.001
Permanent	92	62	64	73
Contract	8	38	36	27
N	53	55	56	164

Chi sq - difference in distributions between districts assessed using Fisher's exact test.

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