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Table 2 Discourses on informal support after childbirth

From: Informal support to first-parents after childbirth: a qualitative study in low-income suburbs of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

1

Authoritative informal support maintained and reconstructed

2

Poverty and poor social relations restrict informal support

3

Informal support as gatekeeper to other forms of support

4

Upholding stereotypic norms of femininity and masculinity