Findings showing association of characteristics of community mobilisers to sharing Mobile Vaani in self-help group meetings (N=116)
| Community mobilisers’ background characteristics | Ability of community mobilisers to give training on proposed topics during self-help group meetings | |||
| Community mobilisers observed giving Mobile Vaani training in self-help group meetings | Average knowledge score range, as captured during an interview (0–31) | Dial a number, as noted in a training/self-help group meeting | Explain Mobile Vaani features to self-help group members in a meeting | |
| N (%) | Mean (SD) | Proportion (%) | Proportion (%) | |
| Number of health and nutrition messages that community mobilisers received training on | ||||
| 0–1 theme | 14 (12.1) | 8.2 (1.11) | 57.1 | 64.3 |
| 2 themes | 80 (69.0) | 8.6 (1.22) | 41.3 | 63.8 |
| 3–4 themes | 22 (19.0) | 8.9 (0.87) | 31.8 | 45.5 |
| Age (mean, SD) | 33.3 (8.45) | 8.6 (1.16) | 31.7 (8.18) | 33.0 (7.95) |
| Caste, % | ||||
| SC/ST | 15 (12.9) | 8.5 (1.21) | 46.7 | 66.7 |
| Others | 101 (87.1) | 8.6 (1.15) | 40.6 | 59.4 |
| Education, % | ||||
| 1st–10th standard | 51 (44.0) | 8.5 (1.05) | 29.4 | 54.9 |
| 11th–12th standard | 39 (33.6) | 8.7 (1.29) | 46.2 | 64.1 |
| College and above | 26 (22.4) | 8.7 (1.15) | 57.7 | 65.4 |
| Engaged in other occupation, % | ||||
| Yes | 36 (31.0) | 8.5 (1.03) | 50 | 69.4 |
| No | 80 (69.0) | 8.6 (1.19) | 37.5 | 56.3 |
| Duration of work as a community mobiliser (years), % | ||||
| 0–2 years | 32 (27.6) | 8.5 (1.23) | 28.1 | 31.3 |
| 3–4 years | 48 (41.4) | 8.8 (0.96) | 43.8 | 68.8 |
| 5+ years | 36 (31.0) | 8.5 (1.27) | 50 | 75 |
| Exposure to mobile phone, % | ||||
| No/partial exposure | 8 (6.9) | 8.7 (1.55) | 37.5 | 50 |
| Full exposure | 108 (93.1) | 8.6 (1.11) | 41.7 | 61.1 |
SC/ST, schedule caste/tribe.