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Table 1 Demographics of Semi-Structured Interviews and Focus Group Discussion

From: “Life at the River is a Living Hell:” a qualitative study of trauma, mental health, substance use and HIV risk behavior among female fish traders from the Kafue Flatlands in Zambia

Demographic Variable

Semi-Structured Interviews

Focus Group Discussion

Total Sample

N = 20

N = 12

Age

M = 40.7 years

M = 32.2 years

(range = 23-63 years.)

(range = 17-55 years.)

(IQR = 8.5)

(IQR = 17)

Marital Status

  

 Married

N = 9

N = 5

 Divorced

N = 4

N = 1

 Widowed

N = 6

N = 4

 Single

N/A

N = 2

 Unknown

N = 1

N/A

Education Completed

M = grade 7

M = grade 7

(range = no education-grade 10)

(range = grade 5-grade 11)

Number of Children

M = 4.4 (range 0–7)

N/Aa

Number of Years as a Fish Trader

M = 16.6 (range 5–35 years)

N/Aa

HIV Status

 

N/Aa

 HIV-

N = 14

 

 HIV+

N = 2

 

 HIV status unknown

N = 4

 
  1. ainformation not asked during FDG