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Table 1 Demographics of participants per community group

From: Examining community perceptions of malaria to inform elimination efforts in Southern Mozambique: a qualitative study

Variables

Community leaders

Men

Women

Healer

Gender

 Male

94.2% (49/52)

100% (39/39)

0 (0/53)

10% (1/10)

 Female

5.7% (3/52)

0 (0/39)

100% (53/53)

90% (9/10)

Age (years)

 Range

30–83

18–76

15–60

21–51

 Median

63

28

30

30

 Mean

59

31

31

32

Marital status

 Single

1.9% (1/52)

30.8% (12/39)

35.8% (19/53)

40% (4/10)

 Married

11.5% (6/52)

2.6% (1/39)

0 (0/53)

10% (1/10)

 União (Marital Union)b

81% (42/52)

66.7% (26/39)

51.8% (28/53)

50% (5/10)

 Widowhood

5.8% (3/52)

0 (0/39)

11.3% (6/53)

0 (0/10)

Education

 None

28.9% (13/45)

5.1% (2/39)

20.8% (11/53)

10% (1/10)

 Primary

57.8% (26/45)

46.2% (18/39)

37.7% (20/53)

80% (8/10)

 Secondary

11.1% (5/45)

43.6% (17/39)

41.5% (22/53)

10% (1/10)

 Tertiary

2.2% (1/45)

5.1% (2/39)

0 (0/53)

0 (0/10)

Religion

 Christianity

59.6% (31/52)

74.4% (29/39)

71.2% (38/53)

0 (0/10)

 Atheism

17.3% (9/52)

23.1 (9/39)

15.1% (8/53)

100% (10/10)

 Animism

19.2 (10/52)

2.6 (1/39)

5.7% (3/53)

0 (0/10)

 Islam

3.8% (2/52)

0 (0/39)

0 (0/53)

0 (0/10)

 Zionism

0 (0/52)

0 (0/39)

7.5% (4/53)

0 (0/10)

Occupation

 Farmer

63.5% (33/52)

20.5.7% (8/39)

54.7% (29/53)

0 (0/10)

 Coal producer

0 (0/52)

23.1% (9/39)

0 (0/53)

0 (0/10)

 Trad. Healer

0 (0/52)

0 (0/39)

0 (0/53)

100% (10/10)

 Home-baseda

1.9% (1/52)

15.4% (6/39)

32.1% (17/53)

0 (0/10)

 Salesperson

7.7% (4/52)

7.7% (3/39)

1.9% (1/53)

0 (0/10)

 Service/laborer

3.8% (2/52)

7.7% (3/39)

5.6% (3/53)

0 (0/10)

 Driver

1.9% (1/52)

5.1% (2/39)

0 (0/53)

0 (0/10)

 Teacher

1.9% (1/52)

2.6% (1/39)

0 (0/53)

0 (0/10)

 Student

0 (0/52)

2.6% (1/39)

3.8% (2/53)

0 (0/10)

 Others

19.2 (10/52)

15.4% (6/39)

1.9% (1/53)

0 (0/10)

Total

52

39

53

10

  1. a Housewives/househusbands
  2. bUnião: Marital union without marriage certificate