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Table 1 CHW demographic characteristics and patterns of recruitment and attrition in Sylhet District, Bangladesh

From: Factors affecting recruitment and retention of community health workers in a newborn care intervention in Bangladesh

Demographic characteristics

 

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

 

Unmarried

45 (61.6)

Married

19 (26.0)

Divorced/separated

9 (12.3)

Years of education at time of recruitment

 

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

 

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

 

   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

 

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

 

Promoted to higher position with project

4

Terminated due to poor performance

3

  1. Sample: All 73 current and former CHWs in the project, working in 40 CHW service areas.