Table 1. A brief overview of study participants describing the number of study participants by their geographical location, professional background, community background and gender.
| Characteristics | Sub-categories | No. of study participants N = 134 |
| Geographic area of India (n = 134) | Region (n = 134) | |
| North – Meerut | 32 | |
| West – Mumbai | 34 | |
| South – Belgaum | 35 | |
| East - Kolkata | 33 | |
| Health Care Providers (n = 90) | Type of Health Care Providers (n = 90) | |
| Registered health care providers | 58 | |
| Traditional Circumcisers | 14 | |
| Religious Leaders | 18 | |
| Community (n = 44) | Context of MC practice (n = 44/44) | |
| Circumcising community | 27 | |
| Non-circumcising community | 17 [7 were medically circumcised] | |
| Religious leader (n = 18/44) | ||
| Hindu | 5 | |
| Muslim/Islam | 9 | |
| Jewish | 1 | |
| Others | 3 | |
| Gender (n = 44/44) | ||
| Women | 18 | |
| Men | 26 |