Descriptive statistics of health extension workers' characteristics and perception towards HEP, Ethiopian health extension programme, 2022
| Health extension workers characteristics and perception | % or mean (weighted) |
| HEWs age (mean, years) | 26.3 (4.8) |
| 18–24 years | 21.52 |
| 25–34 | 76.42 |
| 35–50 | 2.06 |
| HEWs length of service year (mean, years) | 7.1 (4.7) |
| 0 –<5 | 23.29 |
| 5 –<10 | 19.69 |
| 10–16 | 57.02 |
| Place where the HEW grew up (%) | |
| Outside of woreda | 23.94 |
| In the woreda | 47.35 |
| In the kebele | 28.71 |
| HEWs level of education (%) | |
| Level 1–3 | 49.89 |
| Level 4 | 50.11 |
| HEW’s marital status (%) | |
| Currently in union | 74.64 |
| Currently not in union | 25.36 |
| Area the HEWs' live (%) | |
| In nearby town | 37.11 |
| In the kebele | 62.89 |
| HEW who participated in NCDs short-term training (%) | 21.86 |
| HEW self-reported level of competence to measure BP (%) | 91.94 |
| HEWs’ perception towards HEP and health system support, composite index (mean score, SD) | −0.39 (1.02) |
BP, blood pressure; HEW, health extension worker; NCD, non-communicable disease.