Primary health care in the Dominican Republic: a study of health worker effectiveness.

A comparison of the characteristics of the more effective community health workers with those of less effective community health workers in the Dominican Republic revealed no significant differences in mean age, martial status, or educational attainment. Male workers were more efficient in the provision of DPT vaccine than female health workers, but no sex differentials were apparent with regard to the effective provision of family planning services. A higher degree of job satisfaction was apparent on the part of the more effective health workers.