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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Perceptions of, attitudes towards and barriers to male involvement in newborn care in rural Ghana, West Africa: a qualitative analysis

Participant demographics

   
 

Women

Men

Men

Interviews

Focus group discussions

# of participants

n = 25

n = 12

n = 22

Age range (years)

15-40*

20-50

30-80*

# of children

1-6

1-8

1-17+

Level of education

   

None

n = 14

n = 3

n = 10

Primary

n = 1

n = 4

n = 5

Junior secondary

n = 8

n = 2

n = 5

Senior secondary

n = 1

n = 1

n = 2

Polytechnic or University

n = 0

n = 2

n = 0

Unknown

n = 1

n = 0

n = 0

  1. *15 year old female and 80 year old male participants were outliers; representative ranges started at 18 years old for females and ended at 70 years old for males in focus groups. +17 children was an outlier; representative range for focus group discussion participants was between 1 and 9 children.