Using Structured Observation and Content Analysis to Explore the Presence of Older People in Public Fora in Developing Countries

Table 1

Observations of older people in public places and in media.

	Data source
	Public spaces		Newspapers			Television
	Observations		Read	Pictures examined		Channels watched	Observation periods	Total time	Scenes examined
	Periods	Time
		%			%			%		%
City/country
Haleb/Syria	42	15.9	3	114	7.96	8	6	22.2	165	27.6
Amman/Jordan	42	15.9	3	136	9.49	5	5	18.5	77	12.9
Luxor/Egypt	42	15.9	3	236	16.5	4	5	18.5	50	8.35
Bangkok/Thailand	36	13.6	3	450	31.4	0	0	0	0	0
Nairobi/Kenya	30	11.4	2	170	11.9	0	0	0	0	0
Arusha/Tanzania	30	11.4	2	93	6.49	6	5	18.5	111	18.5
Sheffield/UK	42	15.9	2	234	16.3	4	6	22.2	196	32.7
Total	264	100	18	1433	100	27	27	100	599	100