Table 2.

Categories, subcategories, and codes.

Categories	Subcategories	Codes
Individual barriers	Mental barriers	Low perception—depression—not accepting a new child—worrying about the future of employment and children's well‐being—welfares—fear of pregnancy and childbirth—low self‐efficacy
	Belief barriers	The insignificance of the population crisis—negligence—belief in having few children—stubbornness—distrust of the government's commitments—people's lack of motivation—distrust of the people towards the statistics announced by the media—distrust of children multiple role identity
	Barriers to awareness	Low health literacy—not speaking in the language of the people—people not being informed about the expected incentives—people not being aware of the new rules for having children—lack of a coherent media to inform—people becoming passive towards news and statistics—the need for new methods of education and persuasion
Family barriers	Cultural barriers	The value of having one child or two children—lack of support at work—lack of support from family—lack of support from spouse and family members—high education—employment—conflict between couples—keeping children—wife's opposition—parenting skills
Social barriers	Political barriers	Political conflicts—the need to apply the law
	Economic barriers	Worrying about expenses—financial problems—fear of losing a job—economic dependence of the family on the wife's job—not having a fixed income—having to leave the house for work—living in rented accommodation
	Management barriers	Lack of access to free amenities—lack of necessary infrastructure in the workplace—lack of equal access of people to services