Attitudes and perceptions about breastfeeding among female and male informal workers in India and South Africa

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Description of focus group participants in India and South Africa

Type of work	Country	Setting	No. of FGDs	Gender	No. of participants
Domestic workers	India	Anand Vihar, New Delhi (ND)	2	Female	11
	India	Anand Vihar, New Delhi (ND)	2	Male^a	12
	South Africa	Urban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)	2	Female	7
	South Africa	Urban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)	2	Female	3
	South Africa	Rural, KZN	2	Female	5
	South Africa	Rural, KZN	2	Female	9
Home-based workers	India	Sundarnagri, ND	2	Female	12
Home-based workers	India	Sundarnagri, ND	2	Male^a	11
Market traders / street vending	South Africa	Urban, KZN	3	Female	8
				Female	7
				Male	8
	South Africa	Rural, KZN	4	Female	6
				Female	4
				Male	6
				Male	3
	India	Jahangirpuri, ND	3	Female	10
				Female	12
				Male	15^a
Waste pickers	South Africa	Urban, KZN	3	Female	8
				Female	5
				Male	8
Pheri bartering	India	Raghubir Nagar, ND	1	Female	9

^a Male participants were related to informal women workers but did not undertake the work themselves

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