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Table 9 Regression model including socio-demographic characteristics as control variables

From: Determinants of evidence use by frontline maternal, newborn and child health staff in selected health facilities in Ghana

Variables

Model1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

Model 7

Attitude

0.131***

0.13***

0.132***

0.131***

0.132***

0.131***

0.135***

Ā 

(2.562)

(2.641)

(2.527)

(2.767)

(2.449)

(2.522)

(2.664)

Access

0.023

0.024

0.018

0.016

0.016

0.011

0.011

Ā 

(0.461)

(0.496)

(0.377)

(0.302)

(0.345)

(0.21)

(0.223)

Knowledge

0.384***

0.384***

0.384***

0.382***

0.381***

0.384***

0.37***

Ā 

(6.913)

(7.229)

(7.174)

(6.918)

(7.332)

(6.951)

(6.656)

Organisational structure

0.318***

0.318***

0.322***

0.321***

0.32***

0.32***

0.321***

Ā 

(5.577)

(5.627)

(5.509)

(5.861)

(5.16)

(5.141)

(5.408)

Facility ownership

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Private facility

āˆ’ā€‰0.074***

āˆ’ā€‰0.075***

āˆ’ā€‰0.08***

āˆ’ā€‰0.09***

āˆ’ā€‰0.09***

āˆ’ā€‰0.087***

āˆ’ā€‰0.094***

Ā 

(2.316)

(2.378)

(2.541)

(2.766)

(2.774)

(2.735)

(2.823)

Mission facility

0.075***

0.075***

0.077***

0.079***

0.079***

0.08***

0.082***

Ā 

(2.59)

(2.748)

(2.572)

(2.673)

(2.784)

(2.764)

(2.788)

Quasi facility

0.009

0.008

0.006

0.01

0.01

0.013

0.02

Ā 

(0.313)

(0.271)

(0.202)

(0.314)

(0.329)

(0.421)

(0.624)

Urban

Ā 

0.008

0.022

0.019

0.02

0.021

0.041

Ā 

(0.354)

(0.981)

(0.814)

(0.864)

(0.899)

(1.601)

Male

Ā Ā 

0.062***

0.062***

0.063***

0.065***

0.062***

Ā Ā 

(2.498)

(2.581)

(2.447)

(2.631)

(2.631)

Age

Ā Ā Ā 

0.039*

0.04*

0.03

0.034

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

(1.67)

(1.643)

(0.534)

(0.642)

Degree Level and Above

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

āˆ’ā€‰0.007

āˆ’ā€‰0.011

āˆ’ā€‰0.004

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

(0.167)

(0.021)

(0.098)

Years worked in facility

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

0.055*

0.059*

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

(1.778)

(1.747)

Postnatal Clinic

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

āˆ’ā€‰0.057**

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

(1.657)

R2

0.542

0.542

0.545

0.546

0.549

0.549

0.553

Sample size

333

333

333

333

333

333

333

  1. Source Authors calculation based on field data. Note also that ***pā€‰<ā€‰0.01, **pā€‰<ā€‰0.05 and *pā€‰<ā€‰0.1. The reference category for facility ownership is government facility, urban is rural, male is female and degree level and above is non-degree respectively. Values in parenthesis represent t statistics. Unit assigned to was recoded as binary where all the others (ANC, CWC, and Delivery) were put together as the reference and PNC left in the equation