Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants (N = 40).
| N | N per phase | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | I/II | III | IVa | ||
| Sex | Male | 25 | 6 | 19 | 6 |
| Female | 15 | 3 | 12 | 2 | |
| Age | Median | 43 | 46 | 42 | 46 |
| 32–44 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 3 | |
| 45–62 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | |
| Employment | UNFPA HQ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| UNFPA regional office | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| UNFPA country office | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |
| UNIGE GeoHealth groupb | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| National government | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Regional government | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Public health facility/hospital | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Health district | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| NGO | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Local university | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Self-employed | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| First nationality | Burkinabe | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Burundian | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Congolese | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chadian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| French | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Guinean | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ivorian | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Malagasy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Nigerien | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Senegalese | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sudanese | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Swiss | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
a
All FGD participants (phase IV) were also interviewed (N = 7), or filled out the survey (N = 1).
b
The study participants from the UNIGE GeoHealth group (N = 4) together covered for TSW attendance in all 14 countries.