Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of rural health workers.
| Baseline | 15-month Evaluation | 30-month Evaluation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n=89) |
Intervention (n=99) |
Control (n=93) |
Intervention (n=99) |
Control (n=196) |
Intervention (n=221) |
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| Age (years) | Mean (s.d.) |
37.0 (8.4) |
38.7 (10.1) |
35.5 (8.8) |
37.6 (10.2) |
36.0 (8.7) |
36.7 (9.7) |
| Gender (% male) | 50.6 | 46.5 | 46.2 | 44.4 | 56.6 | 56.6 | |
| Educational level (%) | |||||||
| Primary school or less | 33.7 | 31.3 | 30.1 | 16.3* | 28.7 | 24.0 | |
| Some secondary school | 36.0 | 38.4 | 23.7 | 39.8 | 25.1 | 21.3 | |
| MSCE or greater | 30.3 | 30.3 | 46.2 | 43.9 | 44.6 | 42.1 | |
| Tribe (%) | |||||||
| Ngoni | 40.4 | 55.6* | 33.3 | 64.6* | 31.3 | 59.3* | |
| Chewa & others | 59.6 | 44.4 | 66.7 | 35.4 | 68.7 | 40.7 | |
| Religion (%) | |||||||
| Catholic | 28.1 | 18.2 | 23.9 | 18.4 | 23.4 | 18.1 | |
| Protestant & others | 71.9 | 81.8 | 76.1 | 81.6 | 76.6 | 81.9 | |
| Job (%) | |||||||
| Clinicians/technicians | 32.6 | 34.3 | 34.8 | 37.8 | 28.1 | 26.2 | |
| Clinical support staff | 49.4 | 36.4 | 53.3 | 51.0 | 48.0 | 45.2 | |
| Non-clinical staff | 18.0 | 29.3 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 24.0 | 28.5 | |
| Food security (%) a | |||||||
| Struggles to provide | 8.6 | 1.0* | 26.2 | 17.6* | |||
| Enough, little left over | 40.9 | 34.3 | 25.1 | 21.3 | |||
| Adequate all the time | 50.5 | 64.6 | 48.7 | 61.1 | |||
a
These items not included in Baseline Questionnaire.
*
Statistically significant (p < 0.05).