Profile, knowledge, and work patterns of a cadre of maternal, newborn, and child health CHWs focusing on preventive and promotive services in Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Table 3 MNCH CHW profile and characteristics

	N = 228	Percent
Date of training
Dec 2012–Jan 2013	46	20
April–May 2013	86	38
July 2013	94	42
Gender
Male	125	55
Female	103	45
Age (mean/median/range)	(33/32/19–61)
<25 years	68	30
25–35	75	33
>35	85	37
Marital status
Married	133	58
Not married	73	32
Other: cohabiting, widowed, divorced	22	10
Education (median years)
Primary started	4	2
Primary completed	104	46
Form 4 or higher	114	52
Ability to read
Ability to read some	1	0.4
Ability to read all sentence	227	99.6
Languages spoken fluently
Swahili	228	100
Local language	192	84
English	34	15
Number of dependents (mean/median/range)	(3.28/3/0–12)
Income-generating activities (multiple options possible)
Agriculture
Crops	213	93
Livestock	37	16
External employment
Government	0	0
Private sector	2	1
Self employed	27	12
Not working outside the home	15	7
Household income per monthly all sources (mean/median/range)	($48/$31/$0–$305)

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