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Table 1 Background characteristics of CHWs

From: Performance of community health workers managing malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea under the community case management programme in central Uganda: a cross sectional study

Characteristic

Respondents

 

[n, (%)]

Sex

Males

94 (28.0)

Females

242 (72.0)

Age

Less or equal to 35 years

76 (22.6)

More than 35 years

260 (77.4)

Education

Primary

154 (45.8)

Secondary

145 (43.2)

Tertiary

37 (11.0)

Religion

Catholics

116 (34.5)

Anglicans

159 (47.3)

Moslems

44 (13.1)

Others

17 (5.1)

Marital status

Never married

24 (7.1)

Married

241 (71.7)

Separated/divorced

42 (12.5)

Widowed

29 (8.6)

Occupation

Unemployed

60 (17.9)

Formal employment

41 (12.2)

Self employed

235 (69.9)

HSD

Busiro East

169 (50.3)

 

Kyadondo North

167 (49.7)