Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Community Health Workers

Characteristic	Study Site
	Burkina Faso	Nigeria	Uganda	Total
CHWs	47 (21.36)	35 (15.91)	138 (62.73)	220 (100)
Sex
Male	37 (78.72)	0 (0)	36 (26.09)	73 (33.18)
Female	10 (21.28)	35 (100)	102 (73.91)	147 (66.82)
Mean age, y (SD)	36.48 (10.91)	40.57 (8.42)	39.06 (9.98)	38.33 (9.73)
Age group
<30 y	17 (36.17)	1 (2.86)	19 (13.77)	37 (16.81)
30–45 y	20 (42.55)	27 (77.14)	84 (60.87)	131 (59.55)
>45 y	10 (21.28)	7 (20)	28 (20.29)	45 (20.45)
Unknown	0 (0)	0 (0)	7 (5.07)	7 (3.18)
Marital status
Married	40 (85.10)	28 (80)	117 (84.78)	185 (84.09)
Not married	6 (12.77)	0 (0)	4 (2.9)	10 (4.55)
Divorced	0 (0)	3 (8.57)	0 (0)	3 (1.36)
Widower	1 (2.13)	4 (11.43)	0 (0)	5 (2.27)
Unknown	0 (0)	0 (0)	17 (12.32)	17 (7.72)
Level of education
Local language literacy	2 (4.25)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0.90)
Primary	24 (51.06)	17 (48.57)	44 (31.88)	85 (38.64)
Secondary	21 (44.68)	16 (45.71)	70 (50.72)	107 (48.64)
Tertiary	0 (0)	2 (5.71)	2 (1.45)	4 (1.82)
Unknown	0 (0)	0 (0)	22 (15.94)	22 (10)
Experience as CHW
No experience	0 (0)	4 (11.43)	0 (0)	4 (1.82)
1–3 y	20 (42.55)	18 (51.43)	54 (39.13)	92 (41.82)
>3 y	27 (57.45)	13 (37.14)	81 (58.7)	121 (55)
Unknown	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (2.17)	3 (1.36)
Main occupation
Farmer/animal husbandry	42 (89.36)	5 (14.29)	105 (76.09)	152 (69.09)
Trader	4 (8.51)	24 (68.57)	15 (10.87)	43 (19.55)
Housewife	1 (2.13)	0 (0)	2 (1.4)	3 (1.36)
Other	0 (0)	6 (17.14)	12 (8.70)	18 (8.18)
Unknown	0 (0)	0 (0)	4 (2.9)	4 (1.82)

Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviations: CHW, community health worker; SD, standard deviation; y, year.