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Table 2 Focus group discussion with male caregivers (n = 21)

From: The folk illness kimeo and “traditional” uvulectomy: an ethnomedical study of care seeking for children with cough and weakness in Dar es Salaam

Group

Occupation

Type of network

Age group

Education

Number of participants

06

Self-employed

Mutual support association

25–45

Primary

4

07

Self-employed

Mutual support association

25–45

Primary and secondary

5

08

Self-employed

Mutual support association

25–45

Primary and secondary

4

09

Self-employed and formal sector jobs

Neighbours

25–45

Primary, secondary and tertiary

4

10

Retired from formal sector jobs

Neighbours

60–70

Secondary and tertiary

4