Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants of each population group of interest targeted during the focus group discussions (community leaders, men and women of reproductive age of the community [separately], and traditional healers) or the semi-structured interviews (community leaders, community members of both sexes, women of reproductive age, and health professionals).
| Focus Group Discussions (N = 154) | Semi-structured Interviews (N = 68) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Community Leaders | Community members–Men | Community members–Women of reproductive age | Healers | Community Leaders | Community members–Men and women | Community members–Women of reproductive age | Health professionals |
| Number of Participants (N) | 52 | 39 | 53 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 8 |
| Administrative post (n[%]) | ||||||||
| Magude sede | 10 (19.2) | 6 (15.4) | 7 (13.2) | 10 (100) | 4 (20) | 5 (25) | 3 (15) | 2 (25) |
| Motaze | 12 (23.1) | 5 (12.8) | 12 (22.7) | 0 (0) | 4 (20) | 4 (20) | 4 (20) | 2 (25) |
| Panjane | 12 (23.1) | 12 (30.8) | 12 (22.7) | 0 (0) | 4 (20) | 4 (20) | 2 (10) | 1 (12.5) |
| Mahele | 10 (19.2) | 12 (30.8) | 12 (22.7) | 0 (0) | 4 (20) | 3 (15) | 7 (35) | 2 (25) |
| Mapulanguene | 8 (15.4) | 4 (10.3) | 10 (10.9) | 0 (0) | 4 (20) | 4 (20) | 4 (20) | 1 (12.5) |
| Gender (n[%]) | ||||||||
| Male | 49 (94.2) | 39 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (10) | 17 (85) | 13 (65) | 6 (75) | 2 (25) |
| Female | 3 (5.7) | 0 (0) | 53 (100) | 9 (90) | 3 (15) | 7 (35) | 20 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Marital Status (n[%]) | ||||||||
| Single | 1 (1.9) | 12 (30.8) | 19 (35.8) | 4 (40) | 0 (0) | 3 (15) | 4 (20) | 7 (87.5) |
| Married | 6 (11.5) | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (10) | 5 (25) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Marital Union1 | 42 (81) | 26 (66.7) | 28 (51.8) | 5 (50) | 14 (70) | 13 (65) | 14 (70) | 0 (0) |
| Widowhood | 3 (5.8) | 0 (0) | 6 (11.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 1 (12.5) |
| Education (n[%]) | ||||||||
| None | 13 (28.9) | 2 (5.1) | 11 (20.75) | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 7 (35) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
| Primary | 26 (57.8) | 18 (46.2) | 20 (37.7) | 8 (80) | 14 (70) | 8 (40) | 15 (75) | 0 (0) |
| Secondary | 5 (11.1) | 17 (43.6) | 22 (41.5) | 1 (10) | 2 (10) | 5 (25) | 4 (20) | 8 (100) |
| Higher-level | 1 (2.2) | 2 (5.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Religion (n[%]) | ||||||||
| Christianity | 31 (59.6) | 29 (74.4) | 38 (71.2) | 0 (0) | 19 (95) | 16 (80) | 17 (85) | 8 (100) |
| Atheism | 9 (17.3) | 9 (23.1) | 8 (15.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
| Animism | 10 (19.2) | 1 (2.6) | 3 (7) | 10 (100) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Islam | 2 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Zionism | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (7.54) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) |
| Occupation (n[%]) | ||||||||
| Farmer | 33 (63.5) | 8 (20.5.7) | 29 (54.7) | 0 (0) | 9 (45) | 11 (55) | 9 (45) | 0 (0) |
| Coal producer | 0 (0) | 9 (23.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Trad. Healer | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
| Home-based | 1 (1.9) | 6 (15.4) | 17 (32.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 3 (15) | 8 (40) | 0 (0) |
| Salesperson | 4 (7.7) | 3 (7.7) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 6 (30) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Service/Laborer | 2 (3.8) | 3 (7.7) | 3 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Driver | 1 (1.9) | 2 (5.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Teacher | 1 (1.9) | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Student | 1 (1.9) | 1 (2.6) | 2 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) |
| Others | 10 (19.2) | 6 (15.4) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | 3 (15) | 0 (0) |
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1-Marital union without marriage certificate.
2-Health professionals: district head nurse, 2 maternity nurses and 5 nurses of the outpatient wards.