Knowledge and job performance of Anganwadi workers

The study was carried out in Dharwad Taluk of Dharwad district of Karnataka state during 2016–17 to know the knowledgeand job performance of Anganwadi workers. Total 150 rural Anganwadi workers(AWWs) were selected randomly for the study. The data were collected from the respondents through questionnaire. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed by using suitable statistical tools. Knowledge was measured through three different aspects viz immunization, nutrition and growth monitoring. The results showed that AWWs had high knowledge regarding immunization and medium knowledge about nutrition and growth monitoring. The respondents’ age, education, socio-economic status, experience and training were positively and significantly related with knowledge level. Size of family and job performance were non-significantly related with knowledge level of AWWs. With regard to performance, about half (51.33%) of the respondents were in medium, 32.00 per cent in high and 16.67 per cent in low performance categories. The overall job performance index was found to be 67.80. This indicates that the AWWs were performing their job to the extent of 67.80 per cent as reported by their respective supervisors.