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Table 2 Background and demographic characteristics of community-oriented resource persons

From: A feasibility study to assess non-clinical community health workers’ capacity to use simplified protocols and tools to treat severe acute malnutrition in Niger state Nigeria

n = 67

LGA

 Mariga

34 (50.7)

 Rijau

33 (49.3)

Sex

 Male

64 (95.5%)

 Female

3 (4.5%)

Age (years)

 18–35

45 (67.1%)

 36–50

15 (22.4%)

 50–60

6 (9%)

 60+

1 (1.5%)

Education

 Primary

5 (7.5%)

 Junior Secondary

8 (11.9%)

 Senior Secondary

47 (70.2%)

 Others e.g. Koranic education

7 (10.4%)

Ability to read

 With some difficulty

21 (31.3%)

 Without difficulty

46 (68.7%)

Experience working as a CORP (years)

 1–2

26 (38.8%)

 3–4

41 (61.2%)