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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Cultural practices and sexual risk behaviour among adolescent orphans and non-orphans: a qualitative study on perceptions from a community in western Kenya

Characteristics

Study categories by data collection methods

FGD

KII

Parents/caregivers

Adolescents

 

(n = 69)

(n = 78)

(n = 13)

Sex

   

Male

24 (35%)

37 (47%)

9 (69%)

Female

45 (65%)

41 (53%)

4 (31%)

Age group

   

14–17

-

78 (100%)

2 (15%)

30–49

33 (48%)

-

7 (54%)

50–72

36 (52%)

-

4 (51%)

Highest level of education

   

No education

11 (16%)

-

-

Primary

27 (39%)

48 (62%)

2 (15%)

Secondary

25 (36%)

30 (38%)

5 (39%)

Post-Secondary

6 (9%)

-

6 (46%)

Marital Status

   

Single

-

78 (100%)

2 (15%)

Married

42 (61%)

-

11 (85%)

Widowed

27 (39%)

-

-

Categories of key

   

Informants

   

Adolescents

-

-

2 (15%)

Community leaders

-

-

5 (39%)

Child welfare workers

-

-

3 (23%)

Health care providers (HCP)

-

-

3 (23%)