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Table 1 Demographic and employment characteristics among immunization managers and service providers by treatment group and pre- and post-test.

From: The role of supportive supervision on immunization program outcome - a randomized field trial from Georgia

Immunization managers

Treatment group

Pre-test (N = 14, 12)

Post-test (N = 31, 15)

1. Proportion of females

Intervention

80.0%

96.8%

 

Control

80.0%

80.0%

 

X 2

P = 0.674

P = 0.095

2. Mean age (SD)

Intervention

41.1 (8.79)

42.3 (7.60)

 

Control

44.5 (8.47)

46.9 (8.11)

 

ANOVA

P = 0.290

P = 0.068

3. Mean years in current job (SD)

Intervention

4.1 (2.17)

5.8 (3.54)

 

Control

5.5 (4.38)

7.2 (2.96)

 

ANOVA

P = 0.082

P = 0.185

Health providers

Treatment group

Pre-test (N = 197, 195)

Post-test (N = 282, 239)

1. Proportion of females

Intervention

95.4%

93.3%

 

Control

96.9%

95.0%

 

X 2

P = 0.304

P = 0.262

2. Mean age (SD)

Intervention

44.8 (9.51)

43.5 (9.67)

 

Control

46.3 (9.34)

45.7 (9.70)

 

ANOVA

P = 0.112

P = 0.011

3. Mean years in current profession, mean (SD)

Intervention

18.7 (10.18)

17.6 (10.13)

 

Control

20.9 (10.06)

19.5 (10.52)

 

ANOVA

P = 0.027

P = 0.035

  1. SD, standard deviation.