Research Article
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 |
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