Quantitative analysis of article type, purpose, focus country and story length in articles related to MDG 5 in The Daily Star (Bangladesh), The New Times/The Sunday Times (Rwanda) and Sunday Times/The Times (South Africa)
| The Daily Star (Bangladesh) | The New Times/The Sunday Times (Rwanda) | Sunday Times/ The Times (South Africa) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=75) | (%) | (n=64) | (%) | (n=51) | (%) | |
| Article type | ||||||
| News* | 36 | 48 | 55 | 86 | 45 | 88 |
| Letters or Op-Eds* | 28 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
| Health section | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Editorial | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Purpose | ||||||
| Advocacy/awareness* | 46 | 61 | 25 | 39 | 20 | 39 |
| Event coverage | 26 | 35 | 38 | 59 | 29 | 57 |
| Other | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Focus country | ||||||
| Own country* | 70 | 93 | 58 | 91 | 30 | 59 |
| Other country | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 41 |
| Story length | ||||||
| 0–500 words | 52 | 69 | 44 | 69 | 33 | 65 |
| 501–1000 words | 12 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 16 | 31 |
| 1001+ words | 11 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| MDG 5 explicitly mentioned in the article* | 27 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Percentages do not always add up to 100, due to rounding.
*p<0.05.
MDG 5, Millennium Development Goal 5.