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Figures & data

Table 1. Socio-demographic summary of community members taking part in the participatory group discussions.

	Younger women’s group (n = 43)	Younger men’s group (n = 43)	Older women’s group (n = 48)	Older men’s group (n = 41)	Participants (n = 175)
Municipality
Ainaro	5	9	7	8	29
Baucau	5	4	5	5	19
Bobonaro	7	6	10	8	31
Dili	6	4	6	3	19
Lautem	9	6	7	5	27
Manufahi	3	6	7	6	22
Oecusse	8	8	6	6	28
Location – n(%)
Rural	13 (30%)	19 (44%)	29 (60%)	23 (56%)	84 (48%)
Urban	30 (70%)	24 (56%)	19 (40%)	18 (44%)	91 (52%)
Age – median (range)	19 (18-26)	23 (18-33)	33 (19-72)	31 (19-59)	25 (18-72)
Education – n(%)
No formal education	1 (2%)	1(2%)	0 (0%)	3 (7%)	5 (3%)
Primary school	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	9 (19%)	6 (15%)	15 (9%)
Secondary school	35 (81%)	31 (72%)	37 (77%)	23 (56%)	126 (72%)
Vocational	3 (7%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (2%)	4 (2%)
University	4 (9%)	11 (26%)	2 (4%)	8 (20%)	25 (14%)
Marital status – n(%)
Married	2 (5%)	6 (14)	36 (75%)	34 (83%)	78 (45%)
Single	39 (90%)	37 (86)	2 (4%)	7 (17%)	85 (48%)
Divorced	1 (2.5%)	0 (0)	2 (4%)	0 (0%)	3 (2%)
Living with partner	1 (2.5%)	0 (0)	8 (17%)	0 (0%)	9 (5%)
Employment – n(%)
Student	23 (53%)	12 (28%)	0 (0%)	2 (5%)	37 (21%)
Unpaid household	4 (9%)	0 (0%)	29 (65%)	0 (0%)	33 (19%)
Volunteer	14 (33%)	18 (42%)	11 (23%)	12 (29%)	55 (31%)
Agriculture	0 (0%)	5 (12%)	0 (0%)	19 (46%)	24 (14%)
Private sector	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (2%)	4 (10%)	5 (3%)
Government sector	2 (5%)	3 (7%)	7 (10%)	4 (10%)	16 (9%)
Unemployed	0 (0%)	5 (12%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	5 (3%)
Number of living children –median (range)	0 (0-1)	0 (0-4)	3 (0-8)	2 (0-9)	1 (0-9)
Self-identified kinship system – n(%)
Matrilineal	10 (23%)	7 (16%)	17 (35%)	10 (24%)	27 (25%)
Patrilineal	33 (77%)	36 (84%)	30 (63%)	31 (76%)	63 (74%)
Other	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	1 (<1%)

Table 2. Sociodemographic summary of healthcare providers participating in in-depth interviews.

	Total (n = 24)
Gender
Women	16
Men	8
Median age (age range)	36.5 (25-56)
Location
Rural	9
Urban	11
Mobile (visiting rural and urban sites)	4
Municipality
Ainaro	3
Baucau	3
Bobonaro	3
Dili	7
Lautem	2
Manufahi	3
Oecusse	3
Profession
Midwife	15
Nurse	3
Doctor	4
Counsellor	2
Professional experience as a healthcare provider (years)
<1	1
1–5	5
6–10	8
11–15	3
16+	7
Health facility level
Hospital	3
Community health centre	6
Health post	4
Mobile outreach at public and private health facilities	9
Counselling site	2
Marital status
Married	20
Single	1
Divorced	1
Living with partner	2
Number of living children – median (range)	2 (0-6)
Self-identified kinship system
Matrilineal	7
Patrilineal	16
Other	1

Data availability

The data/transcripts are not publicly available due to the need to protect participant confidentiality but may be made available on reasonable request to the corresponding author.