Table 4 Association between household characteristics and utilization of CHW services

Distance to nearest Health Centre

<1 km

54

57

1.00

1–3 km

183

112

1.72 (1.11–2.68)

0.015*

>3 km

6

11

0.56 (0.18–1.64)

0.304

Distance to nearest CHW

<1 km

229

136

1.00

1–3 km

14

44

0.19 (0.10–0.38)

<0.001*

Education of head of household

Never

18

10

1.00

Primary

168

103

0.91 (0.37–2.17)

0.812

Secondary and above

57

67

0.47 (0.19–1.19)

0.080

Occupation of head of household

Employed/self employed

127

83

1.00

Farmer

114

94

0.79 (0.53–1.19)

0.241

Other/Casual

2

3

0.44 (0.05–3.29)

0.391

Indicator for SES

Poorest (quartile 1)

49

41

1.00

Second (quartile 2)

55

48

0.96 (0.54–1.69)

0.884

Middle (quartile 3)

73

40

1.53 (0.87–2.69)

0.143

Fourth (quartile 4)

44

34

1.09 (0.59–1.98)

0.798

Richest (quartile 5)

22

17

1.08 (0.51–2.31)

0.837