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. 2024 Oct 7;13:930. Originally published 2024 Aug 15. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.153797.2

Table 8. Sub-themes, and codes for the theme intersectionality extracted from included studies (n=84).

Diverse identities reported Sample codes
Age “But it wouldn’t matter because what you and I know as a disabled toilet just has a bar and it’s totally useless for someone like an adult that you’re changing”.
“At this old age, my hands start to ache after carrying heavy bags for 1–2 hours.” [Mother-in-law]
Gender “women found restrooms, signage, and hospitals/doctor offices easier to navigate than men did. All other locations or categories were more difficult for women”
Education/health literacy/skill Over time, depending on the PW [Power Wheelchair] users’ situation, the person’s skills may need to be enhanced, the type of PW changed, the type and/or programming of the wheelchair control changed.
Occupation/Financial (in)dependence Nine out of 10 MCPs made regular trips to their workplace. Only MCP6, who is a housekeeper, did not make regular trips outside her home.
Ethnicity, Religion, and Race “In a country where a majority of the people are Christians, being unmarried is socially unacceptable and pregnancy is regarded as a blessing. In general, people believe that a woman with a disability would not be capable of performing her traditional role, and this results in even more difficulties for such women to perform these roles”
Socio-economic status “During the first and second years, I used to bring the child to school in a taxi cab. On the days that I did not have money, she did not attend lectures. At times it was really difficult financially.”
Dependency status: Living status/Marital status “My son is only 12 years old. He has to put all his body’s strength to pull my wheelchair to uplift it if gets stuck in ditches of the footpath which is very physically demanding for him.”
Type of disability/impairment/health condition “My friend is a wheelchair user too and we usually go shopping together but the height of tills is too high for him though they are fine with me.”
Social roles “The surface of Shishu (Children) Park is very rough. I would have to depend on my husband to move around the park. Under this circumstance, it would have been difficult for him to monitor the activities of my daughter for my husband.”
Residency -Neighborhood Accessibility features and access to healthy food was found to be different based on the urban or sub-urban location of the stores