Table 1 Characteristics of participants interviewed about their experiences following perinatal death in Lira, Uganda 2019–2020
From: “Your heart keeps bleeding”: lived experiences of parents with a perinatal death in Northern Uganda
Characteristics | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|
N = 18 | N = 14 | |
Age | ||
≤ 19 | 2 | 1 |
20–30 years | 10 | 9 |
> 30 years | 6 | 4 |
Level of Education | ||
No formal education | 5 | 0 |
Primary | 12 | 7 |
Secondary or higher | 1 | 7 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 16 | 14 |
Single | 2 | 0 |
Parity | ||
Primipara | 5 | 5 |
Para 1–4 | 6 | 5 |
Multipara | 7 | 4 |
Main occupation | ||
Subsistence farmer | 18 | 11 |
Teacher | 0 | 4 |
Type of child death | ||
Stillbirth | 14 | 7 |
Early neonatal death | 4 | 7 |
Place of child death | ||
Home | 8 | 5 |
Health facility | 10 | 9 |