Characteristic | % of CHWs and performance score category | p-value: Fishers exact | |
---|---|---|---|
< 12 (poor) | 12+ (good) | ||
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Education | |||
 No formal and primary | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) | 1.0 |
 Secondary/tertiary | 21 (84.0) | 4 (16.0) |  |
Clinic catchment | |||
 Libuyu | 12 (80.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0.634 |
 Nakatindi | 17 (89.5) | 2 (10.5) |  |
Age categories | |||
 < 40 years | 4 (66.0) | 2 (34.0) | 0.25 |
 40+ years | 25 (89.3) | 3 (10.7) |  |
Occupation | |||
 Business | 16 (88.9) | 2 (11.1) | 0.6 |
 Other | 13 (81.2) | 3 (18.8) |  |
Marital status | |||
 Married | 12 (70.9) | 5 (29.4) | 0.015* |
 Other | 17 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |  |
Income | |||
 < K500 | 14 (87.5) | 2 (12.5) | 1.0 |
 K500-K1500 | 15 (83.3) | 3 (16.7) |  |
Sex | |||
 Male | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | 0.138 |
 Female | 22 (91.7) | 2 (8.3) |  |
No of household members | |||
 < 6 | 11 (91.6) | 1 (8.4) | 0.635 |
 6+ | 18 (81.8) | 4 (18.2) |  |
No of children U-5 | |||
 0 | 15 (88.2) | 2 (11.8) | 1.0 |
 1+ | 14 (82.3) | 3 (17.7) |  |
Work experience in malaria | |||
 6-12 months | 17 (100.0) | 0 | 0.04* |
 Above 12 months | 12 (70.5) | 5 (29.5) |  |
Reason for being CHW | |||
 Recommended by NHC | 21 (84.0) | 4 (16.0) | 0.73 |
 Interest in malaria | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) |  |
Incentive/payment received | |||
 Yes | 1 (100.0) | 0 | 1.0 |
 No | 28 (84.8) | 5 (15.2) |  |
Supervised | |||
 Never | 0 | 1 (100) | 0.303 |
 Every 6 months | 2 (100.0) | 0 |  |
 Every 3 months | 16 (84.2) | 3 (15.8) |  |
 Monthly | 11 (91.7) | 1 (8.3) |  |
Supervisor | |||
 Clinic | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | 0.002* |
 NHC Chairman | 5 (100.0) | 0 |  |
 NGO | 23 (95.8) | 1 (4.2) |  |
Record for reports | |||
 Register | 0 | 1 (100.0) | 0.05* |
 Phone | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) |  |
 Paper | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) |  |
 Book | 24 (92.3) | 2 (7.7) |  |