Kilifi | Bungoma | Total | P value | ||||
n=109 | % | n=102 | % | n=211 | % | ||
Gender | |||||||
Male | 38 | 34.9 | 26 | 25.5 | 64 | 30.3 | 0.139 |
Female | 71 | 65.1 | 76 | 74.5 | 147 | 69.7 | |
Age (years) (mean (SD))* | 45.5 (10.7) | 46.5 (10.0) | 46.0 (10.3) | 0.458 | |||
Highest education level | |||||||
Primary | 52 | 47.7 | 9 | 8.8 | 61 | 28.9 | <0.001 |
Secondary | 47 | 43.1 | 84 | 82.4 | 131 | 62.1 | |
College/university/vocational | 10 | 9.2 | 9 | 8.8 | 19 | 9 | |
Future career plans | |||||||
Starting a business | 68 | 62.4 | 49 | 48 | 117 | 55.5 | 0.036 |
Continue working as CHV | 47 | 43.1 | 21 | 20.6 | 68 | 32.2 | <0.001 |
Other options | 25 | 22.9 | 28 | 27.5 | 53 | 25.1 | 0.45 |
Health-related work | 17 | 15.6 | 21 | 20.6 | 38 | 18 | 0.346 |
Further study | 10 | 9.2 | 6 | 5.9 | 16 | 7.6 | 0.367 |
Become a political leader | 2 | 1.8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
Marital status | |||||||
Married/living together | 81 | 74.3 | 93 | 91.2 | 174 | 82.5 | |
Widowed | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5.9 | 18 | 8.5 | 0.007 |
Never married | 6 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3.8 | |
Divorced/separated | 10 | 9.2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5.2 | |
Working before becoming CHV (%) | 92 | 84.4 | 99 | 97.1 | 191 | 90.5 | 0.002 |
Activities engaged before becoming CHV | |||||||
Business owner | 49 | 53.3 | 41 | 41.4 | 90 | 47.1 | <0.001 |
Agriculture | 12 | 13 | 63 | 63.6 | 75 | 39.3 | |
Other | 32 | 34.8 | 15 | 15.2 | 47 | 24.6 | |
Community/religious leader | 5 | 5.4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4.7 | |
Teaching | 2 | 2.2 | 5 | 5.1 | 7 | 3.7 | |
Other health professional | 1 | 1.1 | 5 | 5.1 | 6 | 3.1 | |
Village savings group | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | |
Time taken to farthest household | 0.004 | ||||||
<15 min | 11 | 10.1 | 4 | 3.9 | 15 | 7.1 | |
15 min to <30 min | 44 | 40.4 | 27 | 26.5 | 71 | 33.6 | |
30 min to <60 min | 38 | 34.9 | 52 | 51 | 90 | 42.7 | |
1 hour to <2 hours | 15 | 13.8 | 11 | 10.8 | 26 | 12.3 | |
≥2 hours | 1 | 0.9 | 8 | 7.8 | 9 | 4.3 |
*t-test was used to compare the age groups.
CHV, community health volunteer.