Equally able, but unequally accepted: Gender differentials and experiences of community health volunteers promoting maternal, newborn, and child health in Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Table 1 CHW profile and characteristics by gender

Characteristic	Male		Female		Chi-square
Characteristic	(n = 125)	%	(n = 103)	%	Chi-square
Date of training
Dec 2012–Jan 2013	24	19 %	22	21 %	0.16
April–May 2013	49	39 %	37	36 %	0.26
July 2013	51	41 %	43	42 %	0.02
Age, years (mean/median/range)	33.6/32/20–61		32.4/32/19–59		-
<25 years	35	28 %	33	32 %	0.44
25–35 years	39	31 %	36	35 %	0.36
>35 years	51	41 %	34	33 %	1.47
Marital status
Married	80	64 %	53	51 %	3.66
Not married	45	36 %	50	49 %	3.66
Education
Partial primary	3	2 %	1	1 %	0.67
Primary or higher completed	121	97 %	99	96 %	0.08
Language
Swahili	125	100 %	103	100 %	-
Regional dialect	103	82 %	89	86 %	0.68
English	21	17 %	13	13 %	0.73
Number of dependents (mean/median/range)	3.28/3/0–11		3.28/4/0–12		-
Income-generation
Agriculture	121	97 %	93	90 %	4.15*
Non-agriculture	15	12 %	14	14 %	0.13
Household income per month, all sources (mean/median/range)	$45/$29/$0–274		$50/$30/$0–305		0.63

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