Table 1 summarizes the characteristic of the focus group participants. To protect the privacy of focus group members, the village name and location are not disclosed; instead a village number was assigned to each village. Each focus group had 6–9 participants. The age range of participants was 60–85 years old. Only two males were never-married; the rest were or had been married. Most male participants were
currently married and lived with their spouse. The proportion of married female participants living with their spouse was lower than their male counterparts and the proportion of widowers was higher, as would be expected given differences in ages between spouses and higher mortality among men.