Erratum to: Auxiliary midwives in hard to reach rural areas of Myanmar: filling MCH gaps
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Table 4 Expected years to serve the community and potential reasons for quitting AMW job Variables Frequency Percent Expected years to serve the community < 1 years 12 1.1 1–3 years 58 5.1 3–5 years 39 3.5 > 5 years 1019 90.3 Reasons for quitting AMW jobs Marriage May consider quitting jobs 45 4.2 Not relevant to the decision of quitting jobs 1023 95.8 Changing domicile May consider quitting jobs 218 21.3 Not relevant to the decision of quitting jobs 806 78.7 Having another permanent job May consider quitting jobs 124 12.4 Erratum In the publication of this article [1], the following percentage symbols were accidentally missed out from the ‘Results’ and ‘Discussion’ sections:
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