Medicine Sellers for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections: Effect of a Quasi-Experimental Training Intervention in Bangladesh

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the medicine sellers at baseline and end line study by intervention and control group.

Characteristics	Baseline		End line
(%)	Comparison; ()	Intervention; ()	Comparison; ()	Intervention; ()
Study sites
Truck stand	58 (49.2)	90 (59.6)	55 (47.4)	90 (65.2)
Brothel	60 (50.8)	61 (40.4)	61 (52.6)	48 (34.8)
Age
16–25 years	16 (13.6)	28 (18.5)	15 (12.9)	19 (13.8)
26–35 years	47 (39.8)	63 (41.7)	44 (37.9)	55 (39.9)
36–45 years	26 (22.0)	38 (25.2)	27 (23.3)	43 (31.2)
46 years	29 (24.6)	22 (14.6)	30 (25.9)	21 (15.2)
Sex
Male	118 (100)	150 (99.3)	116 (100)	137 (99.3)
Female	0 (0.0)	1 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.7)
Education
5–10 years	25 (21.2)	48 (31.8)	29 (25.0)	25 (18.1)
11-12 years	43 (35.4)	57 (37.7)	43 (37.1)	68 (49.3)
13–18 years	50 (42.4)	46 (30.5)	44 (37.9)	45 (32.6)
Religion
Muslim	97 (82.2)	72 (47.7)	95 (81.9)	69 (50.0)
Others	21 (17.8)	79 (52.3)	21 (18.1)	69 (50.0)
Duration of training
No formal training	34 (28.8)	61 (40.4)	29 (25.0)	39 (28.2)
6 months of training	14 (11.9)	17 (11.3)	23 (19.8)	33 (23.9)
6–12 months of training	56 (47.5)	58 (38.4)	50 (43.1)	55 (39.9)
1 year of training	14 (11.8)	15 (9.9)	14 (12.1)	11 (8.0)
Type of training received
Paramedical	4 (4.8)	2 (2.2)	1 (1.1)	3 (3.0)
LMAF	41 (48.8)	37 (41.1)	34 (39.1)	44 (44.5)
Pharmacist	28 (33.3)	45 (50.0)	47 (54.0)	48 (48.5)
Others	11 (913.1)	6 (6.7)	5 (5.7)	4 (4.0)
Duration of work as a medicine seller
5 years	30 (25.4)	46 (30.5)	28 (24.1)	31 (22.5)
6–10 years	41 (34.7)	38 (25.2)	41 (35.3)	42 (30.4)
11–15 years	18 (15.3)	30 (19.9)	16 (13.8)	31 (22.5)
16 years	29 (24.6)	37 (24.5)	31 (26.7)	34 (24.6)