. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 8.

Published in final edited form as: Tanzan J Health Res. 2011 Apr;13(2):89–96. doi: 10.4314/thrb.v13i2.56112

Table 1.

Characteristics of focus groups

	Number of focus groups performed	Average number of participants per group (Total participants)	Average time of focus group discussion in minutes
Females, Lower Educational Status^*	2	6.5 (13)	105
Females, Higher Educational Status^*	2	6 (12)	115
Males, Lower Educational Status^*	2	7.5 (15)	120
Males, Higher Educational Status^*	2	6 (12)	150

Educational status was divided between primary and secondary education levels, and knowledge of English was used as a proxy for this measure. All participants were from CTCs in Dar es Salaam, TZ and were literate