TABLE 3.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of FGD Participants: Community Distributors and Caregivers
| Community Distributors | Caregivers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Aged Younger Than 30 Years | Aged Older Than 30 Years | |||||
| Massaguet Urbain (N=8) | N'Djamena Fara (N=8) | Massaguet Urbain (N=8) | N'Djamena Fara (N=7) | Massaguet Urbain (N=8) | N'Djamena Fara (N=8) | Massaguet Urbain (N=8) | N'Djamena Fara (N=8) | |
| Age, years | ||||||||
| 18–30 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 31–40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 41–50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Education | ||||||||
| None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Koranic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Primary | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Secondary | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Tertiary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Employment | ||||||||
| Student | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Farmer | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Housewife | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tailor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teacher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trader | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. years' experience conducting SMC | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Age of children treated, months | ||||||||
| < 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3–11 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12–59 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| > 60 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable; SMC, seasonal chemoprevention.