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Examining the Social Problems Rural Midwives Face
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2025 оны арван хоёрдугаар сарын 30
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Currently, 1,127 midwives are working in the health sector nationwide, with 39.6 percent of them working in primary health care units. Since there is a lack of research specifically examining the social issues of local midwives, we aim to bring the voices of rural midwives to the forefront to address these pressing issues. To study the social protection issues of midwives working in primary health care facilities. To study the social problems of midwives through some demographic indicators, as well as salary levels, and credit status. Assess midwives’ workload, working conditions, and health status through self-assessment. The study employed both descriptive and questionnaire research methods. The survey data were collected from participants between April 15 and April 23 using two sets of 15-question questionnaires and statistically processed. The monthly salary of rural midwives is 660,000 tugriks, and 86.2% have salary loans. 51.7% of respondents are barely able to support their families with the small amount of money they earn above their monthly salary. 48.1% of the survey participants were under the age of 35, and 51.6% were over the age of 36. The salary of midwives working in primary health care facilities is 660,000, and the difference in salary is small compared to the education level and years of service. Of the respondents, 86.2% have salary loans, 17.2% have housing loans, 58.6% live at home, 1.7% live in rented accommodation, 51.7% are the sole breadwinners, 55.1% pay student tuition fees, and 8.1% are heads of households. Rural midwives have a high workload, high stress, high responsibility, and do more work than is indicated in their job description. 82.7% of the survey participants classified their health level as Group III, and 58.6% disagreed with the idea of having annual preventive checkups, indicating that they need to pay attention to their health. While 100% of respondents supported the idea that it is right to include the midwifery profession in the category of difficult working conditions, 96.5% disagreed with the idea of increasing the retirement age