Table 1.
Demographic information of the participants
| Exploratory factor analysis and convergent validity (n = 400) | Perceived barriers (n = 1067) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Sex | ||||
| Woman | 337 | 84.3 | 785 | 73.6 |
| Man | 63 | 15.8 | 282 | 26.4 |
| Education level | ||||
| Illiterate | 160 | 40 | 500 | 46.9 |
| < 12th grade | 233 | 58.2 | 477 | 44.7 |
| ≥ 12th grade | 7 | 1.8 | 90 | 8.4 |
| Occupation status | ||||
| Employee | 3 | 0.8 | 54 | 5.1 |
| Self-employed | 28 | 7 | 82 | 7.7 |
| Causal labourer | 74 | 18.5 | 244 | 22.9 |
| Household duties | 274 | 68.4 | 608 | 57.0 |
| Retired | 21 | 5.3 | 79 | 7.4 |
| Language | ||||
| Dari | 203 | 50.7 | 443 | 41.5 |
| Pashto | 63 | 15.7 | 229 | 21.5 |
| Tajik | 30 | 7.5 | 71 | 6.7 |
| Uzbek | 27 | 6.8 | 87 | 8.2 |
| Arabic | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Ordo | 77 | 19.3 | 230 | 21.6 |
| Nationality | ||||
| Afghanistan | 390 | 97.5 | 963 | 90.3 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 0.5 | 38 | 3.6 |
| Iraq | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.6 |
| Other | 6 | 1.5 | 60 | 5.6 |
| Self-reported economic status | ||||
| Weak | 196 | 49 | 549 | 51.5 |
| Moderate | 184 | 46 | 458 | 42.9 |
| Good | 20 | 5 | 60 | 5.6 |
| The geographic location of residence | ||||
| City or town | 226 | 56.4 | 535 | 50.1 |
| Village | 83 | 20.8 | 361 | 33.8 |
| Suburbs | 91 | 22.8 | 171 | 16.0 |