Table 2.
Characteristics of the study participants and study areas
| Variables | Category | Worksites (N = 23) |
Villages nearby (N = 20) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 20 | 18 |
| Female | 3 | 2 | |
| Age | Median (Min–Max) | 42 (25–66) | 49 (25—67) |
| Education | Graduated | 8 | 1 |
| High school standard | 4 | 6 | |
| Middle school standard | 8 | 7 | |
| Primary school standard | 3 | 6 | |
| Townships | Hsipaw | 9 | 7 |
| Kutkai | 4 | 4 | |
| Kyaukme | 6 | 5 | |
| Lashio | 4 | 4 | |
| Position at worksite or village | Village leader | - | 14 |
| Village representatives | - | 6 | |
| Owner | 5 | - | |
| Manager/Supervisor | 14 | - | |
| Worksite representatives | 4 | - | |
| Types of worksites/Current main business of villages | Agriculture | 10 | 8 |
| Factory | 3 | 4 | |
| Farming | 2 | 2 | |
| Mining | 6 | 4 | |
| Construction | 2 | 2 | |
| Location of worksites/villages | Within the forest | 17 | 12 |
| Within 5 miles from the forest | 6 | 6 | |
| > 5 miles from the forest | 0 | 2 | |
| Types of studies conducted | Only qualitative in-depth interviews | 14 | 14 |
| Both structured quantitative and qualitative interviews | 23 | 20 |