Research Article

Role Performance of Community Health Volunteers and Its Associated Factors in Kuching District, Sarawak

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristic of volunteers ().

Sociodemographic variables (%)

Age group (years)
 24 and lower14 (6.7)
 25–3444 (21.0)
 35–4465 (31.0)
 45 and above87 (41.4)
Mean = 42.61, min = 15, max = 71, and SD =12.85

Gender
 Male94 (44.8)
 Female116 (55.2)
Education level (completed up to)
 Primary25 (11.9)
 Secondary152 (72.4)
 Tertiary33 (15.7)
Marital status
 Single38 (18.1)
 Married172 (81.9)
Job occupation
 Full-timed salaried health volunteer47 (22.4)
 Business15 (7.1)
 Housewife66 (31.4)
 Civil servant47 (22.4)
 Full-timed farmer35 (16.7)
Duration as health volunteers
 Less than 3 months10 (4.8)
 3–6 months154 (73.3)
 More than 6 months46 (21.9)
Mean = 5.83, Min = 1, and max = 14