Table 2 Characteristics of the sample

Total evaluable participants

1,436

Mean age

23.0 years

% age <15 years

45.7

% male

50.7

Ethnic group, n (%):

Pashtun

519 (36.1)

Tajik

490 (34.1)

Uzbek

238 (16.6)

Hazara

152 (10.6)

Turkmen

2 (0.1)

Arab

10 (0.7)

Pasheaa

21 (1.5)

Noristani

4 (0.3)

Province (city name), n (%):

Bamyan

89 (6.2)

Faryab (Maimana)

180 (12.5)

Kabul

688 (47.9)

Nangahar (Jalalabad)

295 (20.5)

Takhar (Taloquan)

184 (12.8)