Table 1.

Information on participants and pilot intervention components

Microfinance
Number of first loans disbursed ($100)	22
Age of loan recipients	Mean: 23 years, Range 17–36 years
Gender of loan recipients	18 men, 4 women
Number of first loans repaid	18 ( 14 men, 4 women)
Reasons for first loan non-repayment	1 death, 1 illness, 2 disappeared
Number of second loans disbursed ($200)	15 (11 men, 4 women )
Peer Leadership
Number of peer leaders	30 (1 died and 1 disappeared)
Age of peer leaders	Mean: 24 years, Range 15–40 years
Gender of peer leaders	26 men, 4 women
Number of peer leaders who were also loan recipients	13 men, 2 women