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Table 2 Characteristics of focus group discussion participants

From: Community perceptions of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in southern Mozambique

 

Stakeholder group

Region

# of participants

Age (median)

Marital status

Occupation

Schooling level

1

Women of reproductive age

Ilha Josina Machela

9

30

Married (9)

Farmer (9)

Never studied (3)

Primary (6)

2

Calangaa

3

25

Married (3)

Farmer (3)

Primary (3)

3

Três de Fevereiro

8

23

Married (8)

Farmer (8)

Never studied (1)

Primary (4)

Secondary (3)

4

Messano

8

28

Married (6)

Widow (1)

Single (1)

Farmer (7)

Nurse (1)

Primary (7)

Secondary (1)

5

Chongoene

Unknown b

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

6

Mothers and mothers-in-law

Ilha Josina Machel

12

29

Married (7)

Widow (5)

Farmer (12)

Never studied (4)

Primary (8)

7

Calanga

12

59

Married (7)

Widow (3)

Divorced (2)

Farmer (12)

Never studied (1)

Primary (11)

8

Três de Fevereiro

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

9

Messano

8

39

Married (5)

Widow (1)

Single (2)

Farmer (8)

Never studied (6)

Primary (2)

10

Chongoene

11

46

Married (3)

Widow (1)

Single (7)

Housewife (11)

Never studied (3)

Primary (8)

11

Partners and husbands

Ilha Josina Machel

12

37

Married (12)

Farmer (12)

Never studied (3)

Primary (8)

Secondary (1)

12

Calanga

4

 

Married (4)

Farmer (1)

Fisherman (1)

Traditional healer (1)

Locality chief (1)

Never studied (1)

Primary (3)

13

Três de Fevereiro

10

45

Married (10)

Farmer (2)

Security (2)

Seller (1)

Mason (1)

Small jobs (2)

Gas station clerck (1)

Primary (10)

14

Messano

6

42

Married (6)

Farmer (6)

Primary (6)

15

Chongoene

7

49

Married (3)

Single (4)

Farmer 6)

Driver (1)

Primary (7)

16

Matrons and traditional birth attendants

Ilha Josina Machel

6

55

Married (3)

Widow (3)

Farmer (6)

Never studied (5)

Primary (1)

17

Calanga

9

67

Married (3)

Widow (4)

Divorced (2)

Farmer (9)

Primary (9)

18

Três de Fevereiro

12

65

Married (4)

Widow (7)

Divorced (1)

Farmer (12)

Never studied (9)

Primary (3)

19

Messano

10

43

Married (5)

Widow (3)

Single (2)

Farmer (8)

Teacher (1)

Housewife (1)

Never studied (1)

Primary (7)

Secondary (2)

20

Chongoene

9

58

Married (2)

Widow (1)

Single (6)

Housewife (9)

Never studied (7)

Primary (2)

  1. aDespite the fact that these two Administrative Posts were combined into one single cluster, the data was collected separately
  2. bMissing data