Table 1 Demographic features of health mediators at the time of data collection

Invited participants (n)

20

41

32

Response rate (%)

90%

100%

100%

Gender (female, %)

100%

95%

91%

0.590

Age (mean  SD, years)

33.5 ± 7.6

37.3 ±  7.1

39.1 ±  8.4

0.061

Age range (min.–max. years)

18–44

22–57

19–59

–

Education

 Primary (%)

61

62

69

0.981

 Secondary (%)

33

30

25

 Tertiary (%)

6

7

6

Subjective wealth

 Bad (%)

44

39

41

0.946

 Acceptable (%)

50

46

47

 Good (%)

6

15

12

Lives with partner (%)

39

59

63

0.283

Number of children (median; IQR)

2 (1; 3)

2 (1; 2)

2 (1.5; 2.5)

0.982

Number of persons in household, median (IQR)

4 (3; 5)

4 (3; 4)

3 (3; 4)

0.116