Characteristics	% of treatment taken from different care providers (n = 1632)
	CHW	Private Doctor	Bengali Doctor	Government Hospital	Home remedy	Traditional Healer	Other
Participants	12.87	64.64	5.70	17.03	61.64	6.56	2.33
Sex:
Males	8.91	60.29	2.48	17.23	61.90	3.07	3.07
Females	15.73	67.79	8.03	16.90	61.46	9.08	1.80
Marital Status:
Unmarried	6.96	50.43	1.74	14.78	65.22	1.74	2.61
Married	13.32	65.72	6.00	17.21	61.37	6.92	2.31
Caste:
SC*/NT†	14.19	54.84	8.39	19.35	64.52	5.16	1.29
ST‡	2.20	62.11	5.73	29.52	56.83	8.37	3.96
Others	14.64	66.32	5.36	14.48	62.16	6.40	2.16
Education:
Illiterate	17.20	72.35	8.20	16.40	61.90	9.26	1.06
1 - 4 years	9.74	63.31	2.92	20.45	59.09	4.87	2.92
5 - 7 years	6.35	62.96	1.59	16.40	65.08	3.17	3.70
8 - 10 years	11.11	52.11	5.36	15.33	60.92	4.98	3.45
11 - 12 years	8.33	48.96	3.13	16.67	60.42	2.08	4.17
> 12 years	4.55	50.00	9.09	18.18	72.73	4.55	4.55
Age:
20 - 30 years	8.73	50.00	3.17	12.96	68.52	3.17	2.12
31 - 40 years	12.16	62.97	4.05	17.03	64.59	4.86	4.05
41 - 50 years	13.30	64.10	3.99	21.01	57.71	8.24	2.66
51 - 60 years	15.50	74.03	8.53	20.54	55.81	6.59	0.78
>60 years	16.80	80.40	11.60	13.60	58.80	11.60	1.20
Severity of Pain:
Mild	11.15	62.82	3.59	17.18	63.36	4.81	2.14
Severe	19.88	72.05	14.29	16.46	54.66	13.66	3.11