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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of 125 community health workers in Iganga-Mayuge HDSS

From: Performance of community health workers under integrated community case management of childhood illnesses in eastern Uganda

Characteristic

Dual arm (n = 57)

Single (n = 68)

P-value

Females, n (%)

34 (59.7)

40 (58.8)

0.93

Mean age (SD)

41.7 (8.3)

40.1 (9.5)

0.35

Religion, n (%)

   

 Catholic

5 (8.8)

2 (2.9)

0.18

 Protestant

26 (45.6)

34 (50.0)

 

 Muslim

17 (29.8)

27 (39.7)

 

 Born again

9 (15.8)

5 (7.4)

 

Education level, n (%)

   

 No formal education

1 (1.8)

0 (0)

0.16

 Primary

13 (22.8)

12 (17.7)

 

 Secondary

38 (66.7)

55 (80.9)

 

 Tertiary

5 (8.8)

1 (1.5)

 

Marital status, n (%)

   

 Married/Cohabiting

49 (86.0)

55 (80.9)

0.90

 Single

3 (5.3)

5 (7.4)

 

 Divorced/Separated

2 (3.5)

3 (4.4)

 

 Widowed

3 (5.3)

5 (7.4)

 

Occupation *, n (%)

   

 None

1 (1.8)

3 (4.4)

0.40

 Farming

30 (52.6)

47 (69.1)

0.06

 Trading

20 (35.1)

14 (20.6)

0.07

 Housewife

5 (8.8)

3 (4.4)

0.32

 Professional employment

7 (10.5)

2 (2.9)

0.04

 Laborer/wage earner

2 (3.5)

0 (0)

0.12

Have other programme where currently CHW, n (%)

35 (61.5)

33 (48.5)

0.15

Median number of programmes where currently CHW (min, max)

2 (1,5)

1 (1,5)

0.19

CHW heads household, n (%)

32 (56.1)

40 (58.8)

0.76

CHW owns house where stays, n (%)

26 (45.6)

33 (48.5)

0.28

Mean number of people in household (SD)

7.3 (3.6)

7.1 (3.4)

0.86

Household has under-fives, n (%)

43 (75.4)

52 (76.5)

0.89

Mean number of under-fives (SD)

2.0 (1.0)

1.7 (0.9)

0.12

Median distance to nearest government health unit (min, max)

1.81 (0.12, 4.66)

1.49 (0.04, 4.71)

0.21

Median distance to nearest NGO health unit (min, max)

6.97 (0.73, 13.23)

6.57 (0.16, 14.67)

0.09

Wealth index, n (%)#

   

  Poorest

3 (6.4)

3 (6.4)

0.69

  Poorer

5 (10.6)

10 (21.3)

 

  Poor

7 (14.9)

6 (12.8)

 

  Less poor

18 (38.3)

14 (29.8)

 

  Least poor

14 (29.8)

14 (29.8)

 
  1. *multiple responses possible # missing values.