Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics in the study sample (N=438)

Characteristic	Categories	N	%
Age group	15–24 years	245	55.9
	25–70 years	193	44.1
BMI	Underweight	31	7.1
	Normal weight	317	72.4
	Overweight	69	15.8
	Obesity	21	4.8
Marital status	Single	238	54.3
	Married	175	40.0
	Widow/divorced	25	5.7
No of children	None	274	62.6
	1–5	120	27.4
	5–12	44	10.0
Province	Herat	91	20.8
	Kabul	113	25.8
	Mazar-e-Sharif	117	26.7
	Samangan	117	26.7
Education level	Illiterate	77	17.6
	Primary school	19	4.3
	Secondary school	20	4.6
	High school	97	22.1
	University	255	51.4
Monthly household income	Less than US$50	238	54.3
	US$50–US$100	89	20.3
	US$100–US$200	74	16.9
	US$200–US$300	32	7.3
	More than US$300	5	1.1
Occupation	Employed	135	30.8
	Unemployed	303	69.2
Individuals’ behaviour in the past month	Good	339	77.4
	Bad	99	22.6
Taliban’s behaviour in the past month	Good	162	37.0
	Bad	276	63.0
Experienced a bad event in the past month	Yes	314	71.7
	No	124	28.3
Feeling physically ill in the past month	Yes	104	23.7
	No	334	76.3
Total		438	100.0

BMI, body mass index.