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. 2021 Sep 23;20:210. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01549-5

Table 1.

Study participant characteristics

Women pregnant in 2017 (n=43) CHVs
(n=22)
Health facility managers (n=8)
Median age, years (range) 28 (17-43) 46 (34-60) 33 (29-58)
Sex, n (%)
 Female 43 (100%) 17 (77%) 7 (88%)
Marital status, n (%)

 Single

 Married

9 (21%)

34 (79%)

-

-

-

-

Employment, n (%)

 Self employed

 Employed

 Unemployed

14 (32%)

6 (14%)

23 (54%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Occupation, n (%)

 Nurse

 Public health officer

 CHEW

-

-

-

-

-

-

5 (63%)

2 (25%)

1 (12%)

Education, n (%)

 Pre-primary, none

 Primary

 Secondary

 College/Graduate

2 (5%)

17 (40%)

16 (37%)

8 (18%)

0 (0%)

11 (50%)

8 (36%)

3 (14%)

-

-

-

Median years of experience (range) - 10.5 (7-30) 4 (2.5-33)
Type of facility employed, n (%)

 Public

 Private (faith-based)

-

-

-

-

5 (63%)

3 (37%)