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Table 1 Total number, age and gender distributions of focus group discussion participants along the agro-ecological gradient

From: Voices of the hungry: a qualitative measure of household food access and food insecurity in South Africa

Town and location

Focus group

N

Gender

Number per age group in years

Male

Female

< 20

20–30

31–50

> 50

Richards Bay

Rural

Khayalethemba

11

4

7

1

2

5

3

Rural

KwaMbonambi

9

0

9

0

1

8

0

Rural

KwaMonica

7

2

5

0

2

5

0

Peri-urban

Esikhaleni

8

0

8

0

0

8

0

Dundee

Rural

Tayside

10

2

8

0

3

5

2

Rural

Clones

8

2

6

0

1

5

2

Peri-urban

Sibongile

7

4

3

0

2

4

1

Urban

Dundee urban

6

0

6

1

3

2

0

Harrismith

Rural

Makgolokweng

10

5

5

0

0

6

4

Peri-urban

Intabazwe

8

3

5

1

2

4

1

Peri-urban

Tshiame B

7

0

7

1

2

3

1

 

Total

91

22

69

4

18

55

14