TABLE 2. Characteristics of ASHAs and AWWs in Bhojpur District, Bihar State, India
ValueN
Education and experience
ASHAs who completed class 10+, %43.5382
AWWs who completed class 11+, %39.3377
ASHAs who have 6+ years of experience, %52.6382
AWWs who have 11+ years of experience, %54.1377
Monetary incentives
AWWs who have ever received immunization incentives, %24.9370
AWWs who have ever received training incentives, %37.1356
Amount ASHAs receive for institutional delivery (100s), mean, rupees3.91369
AWWs who have experienced frequent delays in payments for immunizations, %46.7360
AWWs who have experience delayed payment for food supplements sometime in last 6 months, %64.6370
Primary reason for working is income generation, ASHAs, %78.3374
Primary reason for working is income generation, AWWs, %61.3372
Worker effort and organization
AWWs who have held a designated immunization day, %87.5377
AWWs who have held a Village Health and Nutrition Day, %7.4376
ASHAs who keep children's immunization registry, %88.2382
AWWs who keep children's immunization registry, %97.6370
ASHAs who keep registry of pregnant women in village, %58.9382
ASHAs who attended 6+ meetings in past 6 months, %74.3382
AWWs who have weighing device for food, %89.7377
Supervision, training, and knowledge
ASHAs who know who their supervisor is, %45.1381
AWWs who know who their supervisor is, %92.6377
ASHAs who have received training on pregnancy-related topics, %70.5308
ASHAs who have received training on nutrition-related topics, %45.7302
AWWs who have received training on nutrition-related topics, %71.0365
ASHAs who list pregnancy as one use of iron pills, %84.6382
ASHAs who know age to start liquids other than breast milk, %86.6382
AWWs who know age to start liquids other than breast milk, %88.0376
ASHAs who know age to start food other than breast milk, %50.0382
AWWs who know age to start food other than breast milk, %66.0377
Household and village variables
Pregnant women in catchment area (10s), mean1.52374
Village population (1,000s), mean2.07354
  • Abbreviations: ASHAs, Accredited Social Health Activists; AWWs, Anganwadi workers.