Table 3 Characteristics of news stories with main focus on primary healthcare (n = 173)
From: Print media coverage of primary healthcare and related research evidence in South Africa
Variable | Sub-variable | Total | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Newspaper source | Â | Â | Â |
National newspapers | Â | 33 | 19.1 |
| Â | Star (The) | 15 | 8.7 |
| Â | Sunday Times | 6 | 3.5 |
| Â | Sunday Tribune | 5 | 2.9 |
| Â | Times (The) | 3 | 1.7 |
| Â | Post | 3 | 1.7 |
| Â | Sunday Independent (The) | 1 | 0.6 |
| Â | Sunday World | 0 | 0.0 |
| Â | Mail & Guardian | 0 | 0.0 |
Provincial newspapers | Â | 140 | 80.9 |
| Â | Eastern Cape newspaper articles | 43 | 24.9 |
Herald (The) | 31 | 17.9 | |
Daily Dispatch | 9 | 5.2 | |
Weekend Post | 2 | 1.2 | |
Representative (The) | 1 | 0.6 | |
Algoa Sun | 0 | 0.0 | |
Go! & Express | 0 | 0.0 | |
Our Times | 0 | 0.0 | |
Talk of the Town | 0 | 0.0 | |
Gauteng newspaper articles | 35 | 20.2 | |
Sowetan | 22 | 12.7 | |
Pretoria News | 13 | 7.5 | |
KwaZulu-Natal newspaper articles | 21 | 12.1 | |
Daily News | 9 | 4.6 | |
Business Day | 9 | 5.2 | |
Mercury (The) | 3 | 1.7 | |
Western Cape newspaper articles | 41 | 23.7 | |
Cape Argus/Argus weekend | 32 | 18.5 | |
Cape Times | 7 | 4.0 | |
West Cape News | 2 | 1.2 | |
Publisher | Independent Newspapers Ltd. | 88 | 50.9 |
Avusa Media Ltd. | 83 | 48.0 | |
African News Service Inc. | 2 | 1.2 | |
M & G Media Ltd. | 0 | 0 | |
News focus | Primary healthcare | 98 | 56.6 |
Community care | 29 | 16.8 | |
Home care | 46 | 26.6 | |
Type of news item | General news | 72 | 41.6 |
Health | 47 | 27.2 | |
Not specified | 10 | 5.8 | |
Labour | 8 | 4.6 | |
Economy, business & finance | 6 | 3.5 | |
Human interest | 6 | 3.5 | |
Social issues | 6 | 3.5 | |
Opinion & editorial | 6 | 3.5 | |
Entertainment | 4 | 2.3 | |
Politics | 4 | 2.3 | |
Education | 2 | 1.2 | |
Life | 1 | 0.6 | |
Dispatches | 1 | 0.6 | |
News length, words count | 1–250 | 43 | 24.9 |
251–500 | 74 | 42.8 | |
501–1000 | 48 | 27.7 | |
1001–2000 | 8 | 4.6 | |
Year of publication | 1998–2003 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | 3 | 1.7 | |
2007 | 14 | 8.1 | |
2008 | 15 | 8.7 | |
2009 | 18 | 10.4 | |
2010 | 34 | 19.7 | |
2011 | 44 | 25.4 | |
2012 | 45 | 26.0 |