TABLE 3.
Public (n = 13) | NGO (n = 16) | Former NGO (n = 14) | Total (N = 43) | |
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Age, mean, years | 43 | 43 | 41 | 43 |
Number of living children, mean | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Marital status, % | ||||
Single | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
Married or cohabitating | 100 | 69 | 79 | 81 |
Divorced, widowed, or separated | 0 | 31 | 14 | 16 |
Gender, % | ||||
Male | 31 | 38 | 43 | 37 |
Female | 69 | 62 | 57 | 63 |
Educational level, % | ||||
Primary | 23 | 50 | 21 | 33 |
Secondary or higher | 77 | 50 | 79 | 67 |
Number of years of service, mean | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
Contraceptive methods provided, % | ||||
Condoms only | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Condoms and pills | 0 | 25 | 0 | 9 |
Condoms, pills, and injectables | 100 | 69 | 100 | 88a |
Abbreviation: CHW, community health worker.
One CHW indicated providing pills and injectables but not condoms. The sum of CHWs reporting which contraceptive methods they provided does not total to 100% due to rounding errors.