Demographic characteristics | Â |
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Total CHWs employed over life of project | 73 CHWs |
Mean age of CHWs (Standard deviation) | 23.3 (4.3) |
 | Frequency (Percent) |
Marital status at time of recruitment | Â |
Unmarried | 45 (61.6) |
Married | 19 (26.0) |
Divorced/separated | 9 (12.3) |
Years of education at time of recruitment | Â |
9 years | 1 (1.4) |
10 years | 54 (74.0) |
12 years | 17 (23.3) |
14 or more years | 1 (1.4) |
Patterns of recruitment and attrition | Â |
Number of CHW service areas (zone covered by 1 CHW) | 40 areas |
   Service areas with same CHW from start to end | 21 areas (52.5) |
   Service areas with CHW attrition during project | 19 areas (47.7) |
CHW attrition during the project | Â |
   No attrition: CHW worked until end of project | 40 (54.8) |
   Attrition initiated by CHW and/or family | 26 (35.6) |
   Attrition initiated by project | 7 (9.6) |
Reasons for attrition initiated by CHW or family | Â |
CHW left for family reasons | 14 |
Marriage | 11 |
Family opposed to her working as CHW | 3 |
Husband got work in Dhaka | 0 |
CHW left for work-related reasons | 11 |
Left to take other position | 6 |
Workload considered too heavy | 2 |
Wanted promotion but not granted | 2 |
Wanted to change to other service area | 1 |
CHW left to pursue higher education | 1 |
Reasons for attrition initiated by project | Â |
Promoted to higher position with project | 4 |
Terminated due to poor performance | 3 |