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. 2017 Jul 20;16:129. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0619-6

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of VHT respondents

VHT Demographics N (%)
 VHT Age
  18–29 12 9
  30–39 33 25
  40–49 43 32
  50–59 35 26
  ≥ 60 10 8
 VHT Gender
  Female 85 63
  Male 49 37
 VHT District
  Wakiso 46 34
  Mukono 88 66
VHT Status Mean Median IQR
 Years as a VHT 4.22 4 2.5
 Households monitoringa 94.87 40 53
 Typical hours per week on VHT activitiesb 10.41 6.75 8.5

IQR inter-quartile range

aEach VHT is assigned a cohort of households to monitor for illnesses, provide necessary referrals, and advise on issues of household sanitation and hygiene

bAs VHTs have other occupations in addition to this volunteer work, respondents were asked to estimate the number of hours spent on VHT activities in a typical week. This is an unverified estimate