Bottom-up approach to strengthen community-based malaria control strategy from community health workers’ perceptions of their past, present, and future: a qualitative study in Palawan, Philippines

Table 2 Socio-demographic status of participants with respect to place of assignment

Socio-demographic status	Total (N = 50)	Northern region (n = 28)	Southern region (n = 22)	p value
Age
Mean (SD)	38.6 (6.8)	39.2 (6.4)	37.7 (7.4)	0.451^a
Gender
Men	8	3	5	0.223^b
Women	41	24	17
Marital status
Never married	5	2	3	0.177^b
Married	42	26	16
Divorced	1	0	1
Widowed	2	0	2
Education
No grade completed	3	2	1	0.588^b
Elementary	1	0	1
High school	28	17	11
Higher	18	9	9
Occupation
Homemakers	33	22	11	0.044^b*
Farmer	12	3	9
Other	5	3	2
Religion
Catholic	28	19	9	0.053^c
Other	22	9	13
Household wealth¹
Mean (SD)	2.5 (1.4)	2.3 (1.3)	2.9 (1.5)	0.107^a
Duration of work as microscopist (months)
Mean (SD)	94.8 (45.9)	111.9 (41.4)	73.1 (42.9)	0.002^a**
Distance from home to health center (min)
Mean (SD)	22.7 (30.0)	21.4 (23.2)	24.3 (37.5)	0.736^a

*Significant place of assignment difference (0.01 < p < 0.05)
**Significant place of assignment difference (0.001 < p < 0.01)
***Significant place of assignment difference (p < 0.001)
^aANOVA
^bFisher’s exact test
^cChi-square test was used to clarify the place of assignment difference
¹This scale scores from 1 to 8 points, with 1 point each for the following: electricity, radio, television, refrigerator, bicycle, motorcycle, bike-car, and tin or cement wall

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