Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.
| In-depth interviews | FGD 1 Postnatal women | FGD 2 TBAs | FGD 3 Grandmothers | FGD 4 Fathers | FGD 5 Pregnant women | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 25 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Duration (hours) | 0.75–2.00 | 1.50 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.00 |
| Age (years) | 21–70 | 16–31 | 20–60 | 40–75 | 21–39 | 19–33 |
| Gender (female) | 19 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Rural or urban residence | 15 urban, 10 rural | All rural | Majority rural | All rural | All rural | All urban |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Monogamous | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
| Polygamous | 5 | 4 | – | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Separated | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Widowed | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | – |
| Schooling | ||||||
| None | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | – | 6 |
| Grade 1–9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| ≥ Grade 10 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Religion | ||||||
| Muslim | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Orthodox | 10 | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Protestant | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Meskan | 13 | – | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Mareko | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Silti | 2 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Other | 9 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | – |