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Table 3 How survey participants learned about VMMC, by urbanrural status and total

From: A cross-sectional study describing motivations and barriers to voluntary medical male circumcision in Lesotho

How you learned about circumcision in facility:

Maseru urban clinics (Carewell, Apex) N = 73

Non-maseru rural clinics (Ntsekhe, Mokhotlong) N = 88

Total N = 161

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Family members

6 (8.2)

18 (20.5)

24 (14.9)

Friends who accessed VMMC

38 (52.1)

27 (30.7)

65 (40.4)

Friends who have not accessed VMMC

8 (11.0)

3 (3.4)

11 (6.8)

Health booklet

0 (0.0)

7 (8.0)

7 (4.4)

Radio

8 (11.0)

10 (11.4)

18 (11.2)

TV

7 (9.6)

0 (0.0)

7 (4.4)

Mobilization at school

1 (1.4)

16 (18.2)

17 (10.6)

Mobilization other than at school

2 (2.7)

4 (4.6)

6 (3.7)

Other: Carewell referral, health facility visit, hospital gate poster

3 (4.1)

3 (3.4)

6 (3.7)

  1. Open-ended questions where participant may give none, one, or more than one response therefore proportion in table may not add up to 100.0%.