Focus group participant characteristics
| N=30 | FG1 (n=5) | FG2 (n=5) | FG3 (n=5) | FG4 (n=5) | FG5 (n=5) | FG6 (n=5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Auckland | Auckland | Wellington | Wellington | Auckland | Auckland |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Samoan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tongan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Cook Islands | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Niuean | 1 | |||||
| Age range (years) | 23–50 | 26–46 | 28–54 | 22–45 | 18–27 | 25–39 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Female | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Highest qualification | ||||||
| No formal qualifications | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| NCEA level 1* | 2 | |||||
| NCEA level 2* | 1 | 1 | ||||
| NCEA level 3* | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Trade certificate | 1 | |||||
| Undergraduate diploma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Degree | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Postgraduate diploma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Postgraduate degree | 3 | |||||
| Employment | ||||||
| Full time | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Part time | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Full-time study | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Parent/caregiver | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Unemployed | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Non-smoker | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Intermittent | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Daily | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||
*National Certificate Educational Achievement (NCEA) levels 1–3 refer to final 3 years of high school achievement.
FG, focus group.