Table 1.
CHW demographics
| Indicator | Range | Study sample (n = 45, February 2012) |
Data set including 97% of iCCM CHWs trained in the study area (n = 6397, July 2010–April 2011) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Female | Male | ||
| Gender | 19(42%) | 26(58%) | 2895(45%) | 3502(55%) | |
| Agea | 15–25 | 0 | 1(2%) | 285(4%) | 413(8%) |
| 26–35 | 8(18%) | 12(27%) | 910(14%) | 1266(20%) | |
| 36–45 | 7(16%) | 7(16%) | 963(15%) | 1008(16%) | |
| 46–65 | 4(9%) | 6(13%) | 720(11%) | 774(12%) | |
| 66–86 | 0 | 0 | 17(<0.5%) | 45(1%) | |
| Educational attainment | None | 0 | 0 | 2(<0.5%) | 3(<0.5%) |
| Primary: | 1195(19%) | 1118(17%) | |||
| Some | 0 | 5(4%) | |||
| completed (7 years) | 12(27%) | 12(33%) | |||
| Secondary, ordinary level (11 years) | 6(13%) | 5(11%) | 1544(24%) | 2037(32%) | |
| Secondary, advanced level (13 years) | 0 | 0 | 49(1%) | 162(3%) | |
| Tertiary (13 + years) | 0 | 3(7%) | 96(2%) | 171(3%) | |
| Unknown/missing | 1(2%) | 1(2%) | 9(<0.5%) | 11(<0.5%) | |
| Principal occupation | Self-employed: | 2463(39%) | 3070(48%) | ||
| farming/fishing/cattle/domestic | 12(27%) | 11(24%) | |||
| trade/business | 4(9%) | 6(13%) | |||
| Employed/casual worker: | 103(2%) | 155(2%) | |||
| public sector | 1(2%) | 3(7%) | |||
| private sector | 0 | 5(11%) | |||
| Unemployed | 1(2%) | 1(2%) | 324(5%) | 259(4%) | |
| Student | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown/missing | 1(2%) | 0 | 5(<0.5%) | 18(<0.5%) | |
| Time as CHWa | 1–2 years | 7(16%) | 13(29%) | 731(11%) | 1579(13%) |
| 3–5 years | 3(7%) | 1(2%) | 578(9%) | 735(11%) | |
| 6–10 years | 5(11%) | 7(16%) | 580(9%) | 545(9%) | |
| 11–20 years | 2(4%) | 4(9%) | 175(3%) | 282(4%) | |
| 21–35 years | 0 | 0 | 12(<1%) | 30(<1%) | |
| Unknown/missing | 2(4%) | 1(2%) | 819(13%) | 1062(17%) | |
| Household wealth quintileb | Lowest | 0 | 2(4%) | N/A | N/A |
| Second | 1(2%) | 2(4%) | |||
| Third | 0 | 7(16%) | |||
| Fourth | 3(7%) | 7(16%) | |||
| Highest | 13(29%) | 8(18%) | |||
| Unknown/missing | 0 | 2(4%) | |||
| Household size | Total individuals, median (range) | 7(3–19) | 5(3–16) 2(1–5) | N/A | N/A |
| whereof working, median (range) | 2(1–4) | ||||
a As of February 2012.
b Household wealth was estimated by means of an asset index, based on a number of questions on house construction, ownership of household items, land, animals and transport means and water and sanitation infrastructure. The wealth scores of the CHWs in this study were derived by merging the study data set with data from 360 VHT members and 4003 households with children < 5 years in the implementation districts from a randomized survey conducted in the summer of 2011. Overall a larger share of CHWs belongs to the higher wealth quintiles as compared with the household with children < 5 years that they serve, however the wealth index only encompasses household in rural populations and is not representative on the national level.