Table 1.

Participant demographics for 16 focus groups held in Minnesota and New York

	Minnesota	New York	Total
Total participants	n = 108	n = 64	n = 172
Demographics form completed	n = 44	n = 46	n = 90
Gender	n = 35	n = 46	n = 81
Female	51%	57%	54%
Country of birth	n = 43	n = 45	n = 88
Ghana	5%	49%	27%
Liberia	30%	0%	15%
Sierra Leone	26%	0%	13%
Nigeria	21%	2%	10%
Niger	0%	13%	7%
Other: Cameroon (5), Senegal (5), Guinea (4), Ivory Coast (3), Mali (3), USA (2), Burkina Faso (1), DR Congo (1), Togo (1)	21%	36%	28%
Age (years)	n = 40	n = 46	n = 86
Mean (standard deviation)	44.9 (15.3)	45.5 (11.7)	45.2 (13.4)
Median	40	44	43.5
Range	18–82	20–73	18 −82
Employment	n = 42	n = 42	n = 84
Full-time	55%	45%	50%
Part-time	14%	14%	14%
Self-employed	7%	12%	10%
Retired	0%	2%	1%
Unemployed	24%	26%	25%
Education	n = 42	n = 43	n = 85
Less than high school	12%	26%	19%
High school	5%	7%	6%
Some college or bachelor’s degree	48%	35%	41%
Post-baccalaureate	36%	33%	34%
US residency	n = 41	n = 46	n = 87
Mean (standard deviation years US resident)	15.0 (8.8)	17.4 (8.7)	16.3 (8.8)
Median	15.0	16.25	15.5
Range	0.06–23	0.04–38	0.04–38
Mean years between immigration and first trip	-	-	10.9 (n = 9)
Range			6–13.9
Travel	n = 43	n = 46	n = 89
Has travelled back at least once	77%	78%	78%
Plans to travel back within 1 year	23%	22%	22%
Mean years since the most recent trip	2.5	3.0	2.8