TABLE 1.
Sample demographics (n = 13)
| Characteristics | n | (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| 18–25 years | 7 | 54 |
| 26–35 years | 6 | 46 |
| Time since stillbirth | ||
| ≤6 months | 3 | 23 |
| >7 to ≤12 months | 6 | 46 |
| >1 to ≤5 years | 3 | 23 |
| >6 years | 1 | 8 |
| Had antenatal care | ||
| Yes | 8 | 62 |
| No | 5 | 38 |
| Where delivery occurred | ||
| Home | 10 | 77 |
| Facility | 2 | 15 |
| Other | 1 | 8 |
| Gestational age | ||
| 28–39 weeks | 8 | 62 |
| Full term | 5 | 38 |
| Who attended birth | ||
| Relative | 4 | 31 |
| Dai* | 4 | 31 |
| Nurse/Midwife | 3 | 23 |
| Doctor | 1 | 8 |
| None | 1 | 8 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Scheduled Caste† | 7 | 54 |
| Scheduled Tribe†† | 3 | 23 |
| OBC††† | 3 | 23 |
| Total number of living children | ||
| 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 1–2 | 5 | 39 |
| 3–5 | 7 | 54 |
*
A Dai is an untrained, traditional birth attendant who conducts deliveries in rural areas (Park, 2009).
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Scheduled castes, tribes, and other backward castes; OBC are people groups of the lowest status in the Indian social stratification system (Sachchidananda, 1993).