Table 1. Characteristics of study participants.
| Participants | n (%) |
|---|---|
|
Adults (n = 19) Gender |
|
| Male | 7 (37%) |
| Female | 12 (63%) |
| Age | |
| 20–29 | 4 (21%) |
| 30–39 | 3 (16%) |
| 40–49 | 5 (26%) |
| ≥ 50 | 2 (11%) |
| Unknown | 5 (26%) |
| Education | |
| Never attended school | 1 (5%) |
| Finished primary school | 2 (11%) |
| Teacher’s Certificate | 8 (39%) |
| Accounting Diploma | 1 (5%) |
| Nursing Degree | 2 (11%) |
| Unknown | 5 (26%) |
| Occupation | |
| Nurse | 2 (11%) |
| School Personnel | 9 (47%) |
| Construction | 2 (11%) |
| NGO employee | 1 (5%) |
| Stone breaker* | 2 (11%) |
| Petty trader** | 1 (5%) |
| Unemployed*** | 1 (5%) |
| Unknown | 1 (5%) |
| Relationship status | |
| Married | 6 (32%) |
| Single | 6 (32%) |
| Widowed | 2 (11%) |
| Unknown | 1 (5%) |
| Number of living children | |
| 0 | 3 (16%) |
| 1 | 3 (16%) |
| 2 | 3 (16%) |
| 3 or more | 9 (47%) |
| Unknown | 1 (5%) |
| Children (n = 8) | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 4 (50%) |
| Female | 4 (50%) |
| Age | |
| 12 | 3 (37.5%) |
| 13 | 4 (50%) |
| 14 | 1 (12.5%) |
| Mother’s Occupation | |
| Petty trader | 4 (50%) |
| Teacher | 1 (12.5%) |
| Stone breaker | 2 (37.5%) |
| Father’s Occupation | |
| Petty trader | 1 (12.5%) |
| Teacher | 2 (25%) |
| Stone breaker | 3 (37.5%) |
| Police officer | 1 (12.5%) |
| Deceased | 1 (12.5%) |
* Stone breaker–this job entails manually breaking large stones into smaller gravel for construction projects.
** Petty trader–this job entails buying and selling consumer goods, such as food and household items, on a small scale. Petty traders do not have an official place of business and typically walk around the village with their goods on their person.
*** Participant was formerly employed before the epidemic as home health educator.