Research Article

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

Table 2

Observations of older people by gender in seven cities.

City
Haleb Amman Luxor Bangkok Nairobi Arusha Sheffield Total
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Men2485.74497.891001789.52100008842.518459.4
Women414.312.2200210.5000011957.512640.6
Total281004510091001910021000100207100310100
Observation period
 Mean 0.64 1.07 0.21 0.53 0.07 0 4.93 1.17
 (SD, range)(1.45, 0–7)(1.56, 0–7)(0.47, 0–2)(1.06, 0–4)(0.25, 0-1) (0.00, 0-0)(9.32, 0–39)(4.16, 0–39)
 Median 0 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0
 (IQR)(0–0.25)(0–2.00)(0-0)(0–0.75)(0-0) (0-0)(0–5.25)(0-1.00)