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