Table 2 Participant demographics: numbers of participants in each group
From: The influence of ethnic group composition on focus group discussions
Focus groups | Age category | Gender | Relationship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More homogeneous groups | ||||||
< 50 yrs | 50 + yrs | Female | Male | Spouse | Other | |
Group A | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Asian Indian = 5 | ||||||
Asian Pakistani = 2 | ||||||
Group B | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Asian Indian = 7 | ||||||
Group C | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
White British = 5 | ||||||
Group D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
White British = 3 | ||||||
Group E | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Black Caribbean = 3 | ||||||
Black African = 4 | ||||||
More heterogeneous groups | ||||||
Group F | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Asian Indian = 1 | ||||||
Asian Pakistani = 2 | ||||||
Black Caribbean = 1 | ||||||
White British = 1 | ||||||
Group G | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Asian Indian = 4 | ||||||
Black African = 1 | ||||||
White British = 1 | ||||||
Black Caribbean = 1 | ||||||
Total = 41 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 28 | 13 |