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Table 2 Detailed socio-demographic characteristics of participants per target group

From: Lay knowledge of cervical cancer in Manhiça district, Mozambique: a qualitative study

 

GROUP

TOTAL (116)

AG (13)

UV (3)

MAT (13)

WRA (16)

Y (11)

C-T (11)

FE (10)

CHW (16)

CL (12)

TH (11)

SEX

 Female

13

2

12

16

5

9

10

*

9

10

86

 Male

NA

1

1

NA

6

2

NA

*

3

1

14

AGE MEAN (+SD)

15.9 (3,4)

40 (7,8)

53,2 (9,3)

26,6 (9,5)

24 (3,4)

44 (14,9)

55,6 (9,6)

36,6 (11)

56 (9,5)

47,3 (11)

38,4 (16,6)

MARITAL STATUS

 Single

11

0

2

3

5

4

2

8

4

7

46

 Married/marital union

2

3

6

13

6

7

2

8

8

3

58

 Widow

0

0

5

0

0

0

6

0

0

1

12

OCCUPATION

           

 Student

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

NA

0

NA

8

 Farmer

0

0

11

1

3

7

10

NA

7

NA

39

 Domestic Worker

4

0

0

13

0

0

0

NA

1

NA

18

 Employed other**

1

3

2

2

8

3

0

NA

4

NA

23

 Unemployed

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

NA

0

NA

1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 Primary or less***

8

1

11

12

6

10

6

10

10

9

83

 Secondary (complete or in part)

5

2

0

3

5

0

0

6

0

0

21

 None

0

0

2

1

0

1

4

0

2

2

12

  1. *Missing data
  2. **Mostly working in commerce, but also in security and as ‘chefe do quarteirão’ (head of a block of houses)
  3. ***Including adult education classes, commonly known as ‘alfabetização’ (alphabetization), targeted for adults that never attended school with the objective of transmitting basic literacy skills
  4. Abbreviations of target groups: Adolescent Girls (AG), Unlicensed Vendors (UV), Matrons (MAT), Women of Reproductive Age (WRA), Youth (Y), Care-takers (C-T), Female Elders (FE), Community Health Workers (CHW), Community Leaders (CL), Traditional Healers (TH)