Table 1 Characteristics of participants in FGDs and IDIs
From: Exploration of perceptions and decision-making processes related to childbirth in rural Sierra Leone
Focus group discussions | Gender | Village | No. of participants |
|---|---|---|---|
Women who had been pregnant within the last year | Female | A | 7 |
B | 5 | ||
Older women involved in a delivery within the last year | Female | A | 6 |
B | 7 | ||
Men with a close family member who had been pregnant within the last year | Male | A | 4 |
B | 9 | ||
Women who had been pregnant within the last year (final FGD) | Female | A | 4 |
In-depth interviews | Â | Â | Â |
Women who had been pregnant within the last year | Female | A | 5 |
B | 5 | ||
Traditional Birth Attendants | Female | A | 1 |
B | 2 | ||
Village chief | Male | A | 1 |
Health personnel at local hospital | Male | Masanga | 2 |
Female | 2 | ||
Motorbike drivers | Male | Masanga | 4 |
Repeat interviews | 7 | ||
Total number of participants | 61 | ||