Table 1 Health Center specifications and CHW characteristics by center and by gender; chi-square test, *the Gataraga health center is equipped with a hospitalisation ward

Cells covered [n (%)]

9 (53.0)

4 (23.5)

4 (23.5)

17 (100)

Villages covered [n (%)]

61 (60.4)

20 (19.8)

20 (19.8)

101 (100)

CHWs deployed/trained [n (%)]

170 (60.5)

56 (19.9)

55 (19.6)

281 (100)

Number of CHWs per village

2.77

2.8

2.75

2.78

n (%)

107 (64.1)

60 (35.9)

39 (69.9)

17 (30.4)

36 (65.5)

19 (34.5)

182 (65.5)

96 (34.5)

p = 0.83

n (%)

50 (62.5)

30 (37.5)

23 (67.6)

11 (32.4)

13 (65.0)

7 (35.0)

86 (61.9)

48 (35.8)

Mean (year)

51.5

51.6

44.0

47.1

46,2

39.1

48.7

48.8

Grouped by age [n (%)]

 ≤ 39 years

5 (10.0)

3 (10.0)

7 (30.4)

2 (18.2)

1 (7.7)

5 (71.4)

13 (15.1)

10 (20.8)

 40–49 years

17 (34.0)

11 (36.7)

11 (47.8)

6 (54.5)

8 (61.5)

1 (14.3)

36 (41.9)

19 (39.6)

 50–59 years

18 (36.0)

9 (30.0)

4 (17.4

1 (9.1)

4 (30.8)

0 (0.0)

26 (30.2)

10 (20.8)

 ≥ 60 years

10 (20.0)

6 (20.0)

1 (4.3)

2 (18.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (14.3)

11 (12.8)

9 (18.8)

p = 0.99

p = 0.56

p = 0.03

p = 0.49

n (%)

54 (62.8)

32 (37.2)

23 (67.6)

11 (32.4)

13 (68.4)

6 (31.6)

90 (64.7)

49 (35.3)

Mean (year)

9.8

9.6

9.3

9.6

8.6

8.2

9.5

9.2

Grouped by experience [n (%)]

 ≤ 4 years

4 (7.4)

4 (12.5)

4 (17.4)

3 (27.3)

1 (7.7)

0 (0.0)

9 (10.0)

7 (14.3)

 5–9 years

3 (5.6)

5 (15.6)

5 (21.7)

3 (27.3)

4 (30.8)

3 (50.0)

12 (13.3)

11 (22.4)

 ≥ 10 years

47 (87.0)

23 (71.9)

14 (60.9)

5 (45.5)

8 (61.5)

3 (50.0)

69 (76.7)

31 (63.3)

p = 0.17

p = 0.69

p = 0.74

p = 0.22