The role of community health workers in improving child health programmes in Mali

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of 401 households in the district of Djenné, Mali. Community health worker survey, April 2006 ±

Characteristics of the households	Number	%
Caregiver in charge of children < 5 years of age
Mother	383	96.5
Grand-mother	14	3.5
Level of education
Illiterate *	326	82.1
Literate in local language	43	10.8
Primary	26	6.5
Secondary	2	0.5
Principal occupation
Housewife	387	98.5
Other	6	1.5
Revenue generating activity
Yes	158	40.3
No	234	59.7
Geographical accessibility in raining season **
No	261	65.0
Yes	140	35.0

± Based on the calculated sample size planned, one additional household was interviewed and included in the study
* Illiterate in local languages and French
** Months of the raining season which makes roads inaccessible: June to February

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