Table 3 Association between sociodemographic factors and the mean score in knowledge, practice and attitude of the community health workers (N = 32)
Variable | Knowledge (%) | Practice (%) | Attitude (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Good | P-value | Poor | Good | P-value | Negative | Positive | P-value | |
Sex | |||||||||
 Female | 12(52.2) | 3(33.3) | 0.444 | 14(50.0) | 1(25.0) | 0.603 | 12(48.0) | 3(42.9) | 1.000 |
 Male | 11(47.8) | 6(66.7) |  | 14(50.0) | 3(75.0) |  | 13(52.0) | 4(57.1) |  |
Age in years | |||||||||
 21–30 | 2(8.7) | 3(33.3) | 0.309 | 5(17.9) | 0(0.0) | 0.251 | 2(8.0) | 3(42.9) | 0.028* |
 31–40 | 7(30.4) | 1(11.1) |  | 7(25.0) | 1(25.0) |  | 7(28.0) | 1(14.3) |  |
 41–50 | 8(34.8) | 2(22.2) |  | 7(25.0) | 3(75.0) |  | 10(40.0) | 0(0.0) |  |
 > 50 | 6(26.1) | 3(33.3) |  | 9(32.1) | 0(0.0) |  | 6(24.0) | 3(42.9) |  |
Education level | |||||||||
 No formal education | 3(13.0) | 0(0.0) | 0.085 | 2(7.1) | 1(25.0) | 0.508 | 3(12.0) | 0(0.0) | 0.024* |
 Incomplete primary | 0(0.0) | 1(11.1) |  | 1(3.6) | 0(0.0) |  | 0(0.0) | 1(14.3) |  |
 Primary | 18(78.3) | 5(55.6) |  | 20(71.4) | 3(75.0) |  | 20(80.0) | 3(42.9) |  |
 Secondary | 2(8.7) | 3(33.3) |  | 5(17.9) | 0(0.0) |  | 2(8.0) | 3(42.9) |  |
Experience in position (years) | |||||||||
 0–10 | 7(30.4) | 4(44.4) | 0.309 | 10(35.7) | 1(25.0) | 0.324 | 8(32.0) | 3(42.9) | 0.39 |
 11–20 | 7(30.4) | 0(0.0) |  | 6(21.4) | 1(25.0) |  | 7(28.0) | 0(0.0) |  |
 21–30 | 5(21.7) | 3(33.3) |  | 8(28.6) | 0(0.0) |  | 5(20.0) | 3(42.9) |  |
 31–40 | 4(17.4) | 2(22.2) |  | 4(14.3) | 2(50.0) |  | 5(20.0) | 1(14.3) |  |
Working experience in workstation | |||||||||
 < 1 year | 3(13.0) | 0(0.0) | 0.616 | 3(10.7) | 0(0.0) | 0.74 | 3(12.0) | 0(0.0) | 0.576 |
 1–5 years | 8(34.8) | 5(55.6) |  | 12(42.9) | 1(25.0) |  | 9(36.0) | 4(57.1) |  |
 > 5 years | 12(52.2) | 4(44.4) |  | 13(46.4) | 3(75.0) |  | 13(52.0) | 3(42.9) |  |