Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants

Characteristic	Traditional healer clients (n=30)	Biomedical clients (n=30)
Report previously receiving care from alternate modality	n=30 (100%)	n=2 (7%)
Age (in years)	30 (median) IQR=20	28.5 (median) IQR=10.75
Female gender (%)	n=16 (53%)	n=18 (60%)
Primary school education or less	n=14 (47%)	n=13 (43%)
Household size (in persons)	5 (median) IQR=3	4.5 (median) IQR=3.5
Marital status	Single (n=7) Married/cohabiting (n=21) Widowed (n=2)	Single (n=11) Married/cohabiting (n=17) Widowed (n=2)
Christian religion	n=25 (83%)	n=23 (77%)
Monthly household income (in USD)	US$41 (median), IQR=76	US$22 (median) IQR=46
Type of healer visited on day of enrolment	Spiritualist (n=12) Bonesetter (n=10) Traditional birth attendant (n=4) Herbalist (n=4)	Not applicable