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Table 3 Association between demographic characteristics and performance 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

Variable

Performance

Crude analysis

 

Good (n, %)

Poor (n, %)

OR (95% CI)

P value

Sex

    

Males

12 (16.4)

82 (31.2)

  

Females

61 (83.6)

181 (68.8)

2.3 (1.17-4.54)

0.013

Age of respondents

   

<=35 years

17 (23.3)

59 (22.4)

  

>35 years

56 (76.7)

204 (77.6)

0.95 (0.51-1.76)

0.877

Education level

   

Primary

28 (38.4)

126 (47.9)

  

Secondary

31 (42.5)

114 (43.3)

1.22 (0.69-2.17)

0.488

Tertiary

14 (19.2)

23 (8.7)

2.74 (1.23-6.08)

0.010

Religion

    

Catholic

26 (35.6)

90 (34.2)

  

Anglicans

34 (46.6)

125 (47.5)

0.94 (0.53-1.68)

0.838

Moslem

7 (9.6)

37 (14.1)

0.65 (0.26-1.65)

0.365

Other

6 (8.2)

11 (4.2)

1.89 (0.63-5.65)

0.247

Marital status

   

Never married

810.9)

16 (6.1)

  

Married

52 (72.6)

189 (71.9)

0.55 (0.22-1.36)

0.190

Separated/divorced

10 (13.7)

32 (12.2)

0.63 (0.2-1.92)

0.407

Widow/widower

3 (4.1)

26 (9.9)

0.23 (0.05-1.08)

0.042

Employment status

  

Unemployed

14 (19.2)

46 (17.5)

  

Formal employment

11 (15.1)

30 (11.4)

1.2 (0.48-3.02)

0.691

Self employed

48 (65.8)

187 (71.1)

0.84 (0.43-1.66)

0.622