Table 2 Perceived relative abundance/frequency of reproductive tract infections in four different geographic areas, as assessed through a participatory voting exercise with 23 representatives of Las Pampas. Each participant was given 8 beans to distribute among the four areas according to the perceived geographic variation in occurrence of the condition in question. We interpreted an equal distribution of beans throughout the pictures (2 beans per picture) as no geographic association, whereas 8 beans on one picture was interpreted as high geographic association.
From: Understandings of reproductive tract infections in a peri-urban pueblo joven in Lima, Peru
Geographic areas | Percent of beans assigned to each geographic area (Assessment performed separately for each illness term) | Allocation of beans across all five conditions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vaginal Discharge | Inflamed Ovaries | Urinary Tract Infection | AIDS | Sexually transmitted infections | ||
Rural-Highlands | 9% | 17% | 13% | 9% | 10% | 12% |
Marginal-Pampas | 67% | 59% | 70% | 26% | 39% | 53% |
Modern-Pampas | 21% | 18% | 11% | 23% | 23% | 19% |
Urban Lima | 3% | 8% | 6% | 43% | 28% | 16% |
Total Beans Assigned | 184 | 184 | 159* | 160* | 145* | 832 |