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Table 2 Barriers identified by groups

From: Health management committee strengthening and community mobilisation through women’s groups to improve trained health worker attendance at birth in rural Nepal: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Barriers to institutional delivery

Groups (n = 203)

Lack of money

104

Embarrassment and fear

98

Lack of knowledge

89

Belief in traditional healers

81

Lack of family support

75

Lack of 24-h service

71

Lack of transportation

62

Geographic difficulties

52

Absence of health workers

20