Table 7.

Associations between scales and related constructs*

	Bangladesh (n = 1017)			Haiti (n = 616)			Kenya (n = 306)
	Trust in CHWs	Health care competence	Respectful communication	Trust in CHWs	Health care competence	Respectful communication	Trust in CHWs	Health care competence	Respectful communication
Empowerment	0.10¶ (-0.01, 0.21)	0.17‡ (0.07, 0.28)	0.03 (-0.10, 0.15)	0.33§ (0.24, 0.41)	0.32§ (0.22, 0.43)	0.33§ (0.25, 0.41)	0.09 (-0.07, 0.27)	0.12 (-0.06, 0.30)	0.08 (-0.10-0.26)
Frequency of interaction with CHW (ref: one visit):
Two to three times	0.14† (0.02, 0.25)	0.19‡ (0.07, 0.30)	0.09 (-0.04, 0.21)	0.14† (0.02, 0.26)	0.18† (0.03, 0.32)	0.10¶ (-0.02, 0.21)	0.30‡ (0.09, 0.51)	0.34‡ (0.12, 0.57)	0.25† (0.06,0.46)
Four or more times	0.27§ (-0.15, 0.40)	0.32§ (0.19, 0.45)	0.23‡ (0.09, 0.37)	0.26§ (0.15, 0.37)	0.29§ (0.16, 0.42)	0.23§ (0.12, 0.33)	0.56§ (0.33, 0.78)	0.63§ (0.39, 0.87)	0.49§ (0.26, 0.71)
Influence of CHW on empowerment	0.19§ (0.10, 0.28)	0.21§ (0.12, 0.29)	0.17‡ (0.07, 0.28)	0.85§ (0.73, 0.98)	0.89§ (0.74, 1.04)	0.83§ (0.70, 0.95)	0.46§ (0.27, 0.65)	0.52§ (0.33, 0.70)	0.40§ (0.19, 0.61)
Very satisfied with recent CHW visit	0.26§ (0.18, 0.33)	0.24§ (0.16, 0.31)	0.29§ (0.20, 0.37)	0.63§ (0.51, 0.75)	0.73§ (0.59, 0.88)	0.53§ (0.40, 0.64)	0.29§ (0.14, 0.45)	0.32§ (0.15, 0.49)	0.26‡ (0.11, 0.42)

*All values presented are beta coefficients. 95% Confidence Intervals are presented in parenthesis. Multivariable models control for: age, education, wealth, and union/commune/sub-county, sex (Haiti only), and parity (Bangladesh only). Not shown: no significant associations between Trust in CHWs Scale and sub-scales with age, education, wealth, sex (Haiti only), and parity (Bangladesh only).

†P < 0.05.

‡P < 0.01.

§P < 0.001.

¶P < 0.1