Applying the photovoice method with adolescents in mining areas in rural Mozambique: critical reflections and lessons learned

Figures & data

Figure 1. Study sites map and type of respective extracted commodities.

Table 1. Target population - focus group discussions with adolescents aged 15–17 years old.

District	Target population	Neighbourhood	Number of participants	Number of photographers
Moma district	Adolescent resident girls without children/not pregnant	Pilivile Sede A	6	3
	Adolescent resident boys*	Pilivili C	12	3
	Adolescent migrant boys	Hori	10	3
	Adolescent resident girls with children/pregnant	Namalico	9	3
Moatize district	Adolescent resident girls without children/not pregnant	1° de Maio	9	3
	Adolescent resident boys	Nhanchere	9	3
	Adolescent migrant boys	25 de Setembro	7	3
	Adolescent resident girls with children/pregnant	Liberdade	8	3

*It is more common to find adolescent migrant boys in mining areas due to the nature of the jobs and activities they seek as migrants in such settings [37–40].

Table 2. Participants’ sociodemographic profile.

Characteristics of participants	Moatize (N = 33)		Moma (N = 47)		Total (N = 80)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
15 years	6	18.2	12	25.5	18	22.5
16 years	11	33.3	11	23.4	22	27.5
17 years	16	48.5	24	51.1	40	50
Sex
Male	17	51.5	15	31.9	32	40
Female	16	48.5	32	68.1	48	60
Currently enrolled at school
Yes	26	78.8	10	21.3	36	45
No	7	21.2	37	78.7	44	55
Education level
None	3	9.1	3	6.4	6	7.5
Primary (uncompleted)	2	6.1	24	51.1	26	32.5
Secondary (uncompleted)	28	84.8	20	42.6	48	60
Occupation
Domestic	10	30.3	21	44.7	31	38.8
Student	17	51.5	4	8.5	21	26.3
Fisherman	0	0.0	17	36.2	17	21.3
Trader	2	6.1	3	6.4	5	6.3
Farmer	2	6.1	2	4.3	4	5
Others*	2	6.1	0	0.0	2	2.5
Marital status
Single	28	84.8	34	72.3	62	77.5
Married/living with a partner	5	15.2	13	27.7	18	22.5
Currently pregnant
Yes	1	3.0	3	6.4	4	5
No	16	48.5	44	93.6	60	75
Not Applicable^&	16	48.5		0.0	16	20
Migration status
Migrant	20	60.6	23	48.9	43	53.8
Non-Migrant (residents)	13	39.4	24	51.1	37	46.3
Have Children?
Yes	7	21.2	6	12.8	13	16.3
No	26	78.8	41	87.2	67	83.8

*Football player and mechanic; ^&All males.

Figure 2. The process adopted by the study to conduct photovoice with adolescents.

Figure 3. Main domains presented in the photos of adolescents.