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Table 1 Characteristics of plantation FGD and KII participants in Cameroon, August-October 2006

From: “Research participants want to feel they are better off than they were before research was introduced to them”: engaging cameroonian rural plantation populations in HIV research

Demographic variables

Data collection methods

FGD

KII

n = 53 (82%)

n = 12 (18%)

Site

  

Estate 1

17 (32%)

4 (33%)

Estate 2

18 (34%)

4 (33%)

Estate 3

18 (34%)

4 (33%)

Sex

  

Men

27 (51%)

6 (50%)

Women

26 (49%)

6 (50%)

Highest level of education

  

Never attended school

1 (2%)

-

Primary

21 (40%)

5 (17%)

Secondary

26 (49%)

5 (42%)

Post secondary

5 (9%)

2 (3%)

Marital status

  

Single/never married

15 (28%)

1 (8%)

Married

36 (68%)

10 (83%)

Separated/divorced

1 (2%)

1 (8%)

Widowed

1 (2%)

-

Work status

  

Permanent salaried worker

1 (2%)

4 (33%)

Permanent fieldworker

11 (21%)

1 (8%)

Temporary worker

9 (17%)

1 (8%)

Self-employed

15 (28%)

-

House wife

6 (11%)

5 (17%)

Student

2 (4%)

1 (8%)

Other

9 (17%)

-

Province of origin*

  

Center

6 (11%)

3 (5%)

Littoral

8 (15%)

3 (5%)

Northwest

36 (68%)

3 (5%)

South

1 (2%)

-

Southwest

1 (2%)

-

West

1 (2%)

-

Interview language preference

  

Pidgin

31(58%)

4(33%)

English

7(13%)

2(17%)

French

15(28%)

6(50%)

Prior research participation

  

Yes

11(21%)

3(25%)

No

41(77%)

9(75%)

Don’t know

1(2%)

-

  1. *3 KIIs did not provide information on province of origin.