Table 4.

Factors associated with community health worker performance during the digital payment period (n = 247).

	VHT performance
Variable	Optimal N = 47 n (%)	Suboptimal N = 200 n (%)	CPR (95% CI)	p-value	APR (95% CI)	p-value
Sex
Female	19 (40.4)	51 (25.5)	1		1
Male	28 (59.6)	149 (74.5)	0.58 (0.34–0.97)	0.04*	0.58 (0.34–0.98)	0.04*
Age categories
<35	30 (63.8)	122 (61.0)	1		1
>35	17 (36.2)	78 (39.0)	0.91 (0.53–1.55)	0.72	1.00 (0.58–1.71)	0.99
Education level
Primary and below	9 (19.2)	60 (30.0)	1		1
Secondary and above	38 (80.8)	140 (70.0)	1.64 (0.83–3.21)	0.51	1.57 (0.84–2.94)	0.16
CHW experience (years)
1–4	37 (78.7)	150 (75.0)	1
5–8	10 (21.3)	42 (21.0)	0.97 (0.52–1.82)	0.93	1.15 (0.61–2.14)	0.67
9+	0 (0.0)	8 (4.0)	0.87 (0.83–0.91)	<0.001*	0.88 (0.82–0.93)	<0.001*
Phone ownership
No	17 (36.2)	95 (47.5)	1		1
Yes	30 (63.8)	105 (52.5)	1.46 (0.85–2.51)	0.17	1.47 (0.87–2.47)	0.15
Households allocated
<60	12 (25.5)	12 (6.0)	1		1
Above 60	35 (74.5)	188 (94.0)	0.31 (0.19–0.52)	<0.001*	0.34 (0.19–0.61)	<0.001*
Marital status
Single	10 (21.3)	32 (16.0)	1		1
Married	37 (78.7)	168 (84.0)	0.76 (0.41–1.40)	0.38	0.90 (0.46–1.75)	0.75
Other occupation
None	15 (31.9)	88 (44.0)	1		1
With side occupations	32 (68.1)	112 (56.0)	1.52 (0.87–2.67)	0.14	1.40 (0.81–2.42)	0.22
Supervision Frequency
Monthly	11 (23.4)	53 (26.5)	1		1
Weekly	36 (76.6)	147 (73.5)	1.14 (0.62–2.11)	0.67	1.01 (0.53–1.90)	0.98

*Statistically significant values at p ≤ 0.05; 95% Confidence Interval.