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abstract: 'Background: Gender issues remain a neglected area in most approaches to
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health workforce policy, planning and research. There is an accumulating
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body of evidence on gender differences in health workers'' employment
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patterns and pay, but inequalities in access to non-pecuniary benefits
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between men and women have received little attention. This study
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investigates empirically whether gender differences can be observed in
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health workers'' access to non-pecuniary benefits across six low-and
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middle-income countries.
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Methods: The analysis draws on cross-nationally comparable data from
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health facility surveys conducted in Chad, Cote d''Ivoire, Jamaica,
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Mozambique, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Probit regression models are used to
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investigate whether female and male physicians, nurses and midwives
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enjoy the same access to housing allowance, paid vacations, in-service
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training and other benefits, controlling for other individual and
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facility-level characteristics.
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Results: While the analysis did not uncover any consistent pattern of
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gender imbalance in access to non-monetary benefits, some important
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differences were revealed. Notably, female nursing and midwifery
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personnel (the majority of the sample) are found significantly less
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likely than their male counterparts to have accessed in-service
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training, identified not only as an incentive to attract and retain
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workers but also essential for strengthening workforce quality.
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Conclusion: This study sought to mainstream gender considerations by
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exploring and documenting sex differences in selected employment
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indicators across health labour markets. Strengthening the global
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evidence base about the extent to which gender is independently
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associated with health workforce performance requires improved
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generation and dissemination of sex-disaggregated data and research with
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particular attention to gender dimensions.'
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affiliation: 'Gupta, N (Corresponding Author), WHO, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
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Gupta, Neeru, WHO, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
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Alfano, Marco, Univ Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England.'
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article-number: '25'
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author: Gupta, Neeru and Alfano, Marco
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author-email: neeru.gupta@gnb.ca
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author_list:
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- family: Gupta
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given: Neeru
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- family: Alfano
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given: Marco
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-9-25
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files: []
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issn: 1478-4491
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journal: HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
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language: English
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month: OCT 19
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number-of-cited-references: '18'
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orcid-numbers: 'Alfano, Marco/0000-0001-5491-2054
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Gupta, Neeru/0000-0002-3806-4435'
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papis_id: a6ea9cf4da4d455759e20898667854c4
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ref: Gupta2011accessnonpecuniary
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times-cited: '12'
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title: 'Access to non-pecuniary benefits: does gender matter? Evidence from six low-
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and middle-income countries'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000296977500001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '7'
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volume: '9'
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web-of-science-categories: Health Policy \& Services; Industrial Relations \& Labor
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year: '2011'
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