TABLE 1.
Sample characteristics (n = 183).
| Characteristics | n |
| Gender | |
| Male | 76 |
| Female | 107 |
| Age (in years) | |
| 18–30 | 87 |
| 31–79 | 96 |
| Having children | |
| No child | 40 |
| One child | 143 |
| Education level | |
| Primary school | 46 |
| Secondary school | 36 |
| Preparatory or Professional School | 35 |
| Basic or advanced university degree | 66 |
| Primary work activity* | |
| Managers | 10 |
| Professionals | 25 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | 20 |
| Clerical support workers | 19 |
| Service and sale workers | 19 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery Workers | 5 |
| Craft and related trades workers | 17 |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers. | 10 |
| Elementary occupations | 28 |
| Not employed | 30 |
*Professional background of participants was obtained and classified following the International Standard Classification of Occupations of the International Labor Office, adapted to Ecuador (National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Ecuador, 2010).