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Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of participants of focus group discussions among key populations and general population adults and adolescents/youth (N = 76)

From: Engagement of vulnerable communities in HIV prevention research in India: a qualitative investigation

Variable

Key populations(N = 44)

Adolescents/Youth (N = 13)

General population (N = 19)

MSM

TGW

PWID—men

PWID—women

FSWs

Community advocates

AGYW

ABYM

PWNM

Adult women

Adult men

Number of participants

7

7

7

7

7

9

7

6

7

6

6

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

27.7 (6.1)

28.5 (7.5)

44.8 (5.9)

34.1 (5.0)

31.5 (2.2)

37.5 (7.6)

21.7 (1.3)

22.8 (2.2)

25.2 (3.9)

31.0 (5.6)

33.5 (5.2)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Highest level of education completed

           

5th grade

  

1 (14.3)

 

3 (42.8)

2 (22.2)

     

8th grade

 

1 (14.3)

 

4 (57.1)

       

10th grade

 

2 (28.6)

1 (14.3)

1 (14.3)

2 (28.6)

      

12th grade/diploma

3 (42.9)

3 (42.8)

 

1 (14.3)

1 (14.3)

2 (22.2)

  

3 (42.9)

  

College degree (under/postgraduate)

4 (57.1)

1 (14.3)

5 (71.4)

1 (14.3)

1 (14.3)

5 (55.6)

7 (100)

6 (100)

4 (57.1)

6 (100)

6 (100)

Occupation

           

Student

2 (28.6)

    

1 (11.1)

2 (28.6)

3 (50.0)

   

Staff in a private agency or business

4 (57.1)

2 (28.6)

3 (42.9)

2 (28.6)

 

2 (22.2)

  

2 (28.6)

  

NGO/CBO staff

1 (14.3)

3 (42.8)

4 (57.1)

4 (57.1)

 

4 (44.5)

5 (71.4)

3 (50.0)

 

6 (100)

6 (100)

Sex worker

 

1 (14.3)

 

1 (14.3)

7 (100)

      

Begging

 

1 (14.3)

         

Homemaker

        

5 (71.4)

  

Government staff

     

2 (22.2)

     
  1. MSM: Men who have sex with men; TGW: Transgender women; PWID: People who inject drugs; FSWs: Female sex workers; AGYW: Adolescent girls and young women; ABYM: Adolescent boys and young men; PWNM: pregnant women and nursing mothers