Table 1.1.

Distribution of respondents according to age

  f %
20-30 15 21%
31-40 25 35%
41-50 32 44%
Total 72 100%

The result in table 1.1 contains 72 respondents that participated in the study. Majority of
the respondents are at the age group of 41 to 50 years old consisting of 32 individuals, equivalent
to 44%. The next group would be the age group of 31 to 40 years old consisting of 25
individuals, equivalent to 35% and the least would be the age group of 20-30 consisting of 15
individuals, equivalent to 21%.
Table 1.2. Distribution of respondents according to sex
  f %
Male 5 7%
Female 67 93%
Total 72 100%

Table 1.2 shows mostly females consisting of 67 individuals equivalent to 93% and males
consisting of 5 individuals equivalent to 7%.
Table 1.3. Distribution of respondents according to occupation
  Assigned Employed None Total
  f % f % f % f %
General Doctor 11 100% 0 0% 0 0% 11 100%
Nurse 14 100% 0 0% 0 0% 14 100%
Midwife 10 100% 0 0% 0 0% 10 100%
Medical Technologist/technician 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 1 100%
Volunteer health worker 50 69% 22 31% 0 0% 72 100%

The occupations present in the BHCs shown in table 1.3 are as follows. All general
doctors, nurses, midwives, and medical technicians are reported to be assigned in their BHC.
However, 50 of barangay health workers or volunteer health workers are reported to be assigned,
equivalent to 69% and 22 BHW are reported to be employed, equivalent to 31%.
Table 1.4. Distribution of respondents according to barangay health center locale
  f %
Mapagong 9 13%
Talipan 9 13%
Daungan 8 11%
Bukal 7 10%
Del Carmen 7 10%
Ikirin 7 10%
Parang 7 10%
Tambak 7 10%
Sta Catalina 6 8%
Castillo 5 7%
Total 72 100%

Table 1.4 represents all of the available personnel which served as respondents in the
study in their respective barangay health centers. Mapagong and Talipan consists of nine
personnel, equivalent to 13%. Daungan with eight personnel equivalent to 11%. Bukal, Del
Carmen, Ikirin, Parang, and Tambak all consisted of seven personnel, equivalent to 10%. Santa
Catalina consisted of six personnel, equivalent to 8% and finally, Castillo consisted of five
personnel, equivalent to 7% of the total respondents.
Table 2. Overall Evaluation of level of readiness of barangay health centers
    WM Descriptive Equivalent
Part II: Basic Communications 2.44 Readily Available
Amenities Emergency Transport 3.00 Readily Available
Power Supply 2.61 Readily Available
Water Supply 1.93 Sometimes Available
Overall 2.50 Readily Available
Part III: Basic Equipment 2.89 Readily Available
Part IV: Skills Enhancement Training 1.59 Untrained
Part V: Diagnostic Capacity 1.05 Unavailable
Lower Upper Descriptive Equivalent

1.00 1.67 Unavailable

1.68 2.33 Sometimes Available

2.34 3.00 Readily Available

Lower Upper Descriptive Equivalent

1.00 1.67 Untrained

1.68 2.33 Partially Trained

2.34 3.00 Fully Trained

The weighted average mean formula was utilized in order to gain an overall evaluation of
the level of readiness of barangay health centers (N=72)
The test revealed the values for basic amenities, basic equipment, skills enhancement
training, and diagnostic capacity to be 2.50, 2.89, 1.59, and 1.05 with a descriptive equivalent of
“Readily Available” for basic amenities and basic equipment, “Untrained” for skills
enhancement training and “Unavailable” for diagnostic capacity.
Table 3.1.   Correlation
Coefficient
Relationship Sig. (2-
tailed)
Descriptive
Equivalent
Correlation
between the
respondents’
perceived
level of
readiness of
barangay
health
centers, and
 their age
(Spearman
rho)
 
Part II: Basic Communications -0.23 Indirect 0.005 Significant
Amenities Emergency Transport . Indirect . Not Significant
Power Supply 0.23 Indirect 0.005 Significant
Water Supply -0.10 Indirect 0.221 Not Significant
Overall 0.05 Indirect 0.529 Not Significant
Part III: Basic Equipment -0.10 Indirect 0.238 Not Significant
Part IV: Skills Enhancement Training 0.05 Indirect 0.575 Not Significant
Part V: Diagnostic Capacity -0.24 Indirect 0.003 Significant
If Sig. (2-tailed) < or equal to 0.05, then relationship is Significant.
If Sig. (2-tailed) > 0.05, then relationship is Not Significant.

Spearman rho was utilized in table 3.1 to evaluate the significant differences between the
perceived level of readiness of barangay health centers and age across the respondents of ten
barangay health centers.
The test revealed the p-values for basic amenities, basic equipment, skills enhancement
training, and diagnostic capacity. The first three categories were statistically not significant with
Sig. (2-tailed) values of 0.529, 0.238, and 0.575 respectively and a diagnostic capacity having a
p=0.003 and is statistically significant.
This means basic amenities, basic equipment, and skills enhancement training is not
influenced by the age of the respondents. While the diagnostic capacity of the barangay health
centers with older respondents have a tendency to have more available diagnostic services than
younger respondents.
Table 3.2. Comparison of the respondents’ perceived level of readiness of barangay health
centers, grouped according to sex (Mann-Whitney u)
    Male Female Diff. Asymp. Descriptive
Sig. (2- Equivalent
tailed)
Part II: Basic Communications 2.40 2.45 0.05 0.273 Not Significant
Amenities Emergency Transport 3.00 3.00 0.00 1 Not Significant
Power Supply 3.00 2.58 0.42 0.036 Significant
Water Supply 1.96 1.93 0.03 0.239 Not Significant
Overall 2.59 2.49 0.10 0.16 Not Significant
Part III: Basic Equipment 3.00 2.89 0.11 0.004 Significant
Part IV: Skills Enhancement Training 1.52 1.60 0.08 0.517 Not Significant
Part V: Diagnostic Capacity 1.09 1.04 0.05 0.242 Not Significant
If Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) < or equal to 0.05, then difference is Significant.
If Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) > 0.05, then difference is Not Significant.

Table 3.2 used the Mann-Whitney U test to compare the perceived level of readiness of
barangay health centers and sex. It shows that there is no significant difference in the level of
readiness of barangay health center in basic amenities, skill enhancement training and diagnostic
capacity, as represented by the Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) values of 0.16, 0.517 and 0.242,
respectively, which are beyond the maximum tolerable alpha of 0.05.
 This means that these three categories was not affected by the sex of the respondents of
the barangay health centers and are more or less the same with each other.
On the other hand, there is a significant difference between the respondent’s sex and the
basic equipment of barangay health centers, as represented by the Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) values
of 0.0004, which is below the tolerable alpha of 0.05.
This tells that barangay health centers which mostly have women as their staff tend to be
more well equipped than barangay health centers with males as their staff.

Table 3.3. Comparison of the respondents’ perceived level of readiness of barangay health
centers, grouped according to barangay health center locale (Kruskal Wallis H)
    Asymp. Descriptive
Sig. Equivalent
Part II: Basic Communications 0.0001 Significant
Amenities Emergency Transport 1 Not Significant
Power Supply 0.0001 Significant
Water Supply 0.0001 Significant
Overall 0.0001 Significant
Part III: Basic Equipment 0.0001 Significant
Part IV: Skills Enhancement Training 0.0001 Significant
Part V: Diagnostic Capacity 0.0001 Significant
If Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) < or equal to 0.05, then difference is Significant.
If Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) > 0.05, then difference is Not Significant.

Table 3.3 shows that there is no significant difference between the level of readiness of
barangay health centers in all categories and the barangay health center locale as represented by
the Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) values of 0.0001 in all categories which are beyond the maximum
tolerable alpha of 0.05.
This means that the level of readiness of barangay health centers in basic amenities, basic
equipment, skills enhancement training and diagnostic capacity are varied greatly across the ten
barangay health centers