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Table 1 Sample size for questionnaire survey

From: Solid waste characteristics and management strategies at ST Theresa (STT) and Holy Cross (HC) hospitals in Chirumanzu rural District, Zimbabwe

Hospital name

Number of health workers

Grouping of workers according to their occupation

Required sample size using Taro Yamane formula  \({\text{n}}\hspace{0.17em}=\frac{N}{1+{N \left(e\right)}^{2}}\)

Sample size to represent each stratum \(\frac{Required\, Sample \,Size}{Population \,size}\times \,strata \,size\)

Total

ST Theresa

147

Nurses 118, Doctors 3, Laboratory technicians 4, Physiotherapist 2, Radiologic technologist 2, Anaesthetists 2, Eye optician 2, Cleaners 14

105

Nurses 86, Doctors 2, Laboratory technicians 3, Physiotherapist 1, Radiologic technologist 1, anaesthetists 1, Eye optician 1, Cleaners 10

105

Holy cross

64

Nurses 41, Doctors 1, Laboratory technicians 3, Physiotherapist 2, Radiologic technologist 2, anaesthetists 2, Eye opticians 1, Cleaners 12

55

Nurses 35, Doctors 1, Laboratory technicians 2, Physiotherapist 2, Radiologic technologist 2, anaesthetists 2, Eye opticians 1, Cleaners 10

55

 

Total questionnaire respondents

160

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