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Table 2 Characteristics of focus group participants (n = 88)

From: Shaping interventions to address waterpipe smoking in Arabic-speaking communities in Sydney, Australia: a qualitative study

Characteristic

Category

n (%)

Gender

Female

45 (51%)

Male

42 (48%)

Not recorded

1 (1%)

Age (years)

18–25

40 (46%)

26–35

31 (35%)

36–50

14 (16%)

51–60

1 (1%)

60+

1 (1%)

Not recorded

1 (1%)

Country of birth

Australia

59 (67%)

Lebanon

20 (23%)

Egypt

2 (2%)

Iraq

2 (2%)

Bahrain

1 (1%)

Libya

1 (1%)

Nepal

1 (1%)

Sudan

1 (1%)

Syria

1 (1%)

Languages spoken by participants

Arabic and English

60 (68%)

Arabic only

7 (8%)

English only

20 (23%)

Nepali and English

1 (1%)