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. 2015 Aug 5;70(1):31–41. doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204685

Table 1.

Qualitative data collection overview

Trial site
Respondent category A or NA Mumbai, urban India Bangladesh Rural India Nepal-Makwanpur Nepal-Dhanusha Malawi
FGDs with women who delivered a baby
Sociodemographic position
 Young and primigravid A 3 3 3 3 (1 SSI, 2 FGDs) 3 2
NA 3 3 3 3 (1 SSI, 2 FGDs) 3 2
 Not primigravid and not young A 3 3 3 3 3 2
NA 3 3 3 3 3 2
Socioeconomic position
 Low (no education, poorest quintile) A 2 3 3 3 3 2
NA 3 3 3 3 3 2
 High (some education, quintile 2–5)* A 2 3 3
NA 3 3 3
 Medium socioeconomic position* A 3 3 2
NA 3 3 2
 High (11+ year education, richest quintile)* A 3 1 1
NA 3 1 1
Sociocultural position
 Low caste A 3 3 3
NA 3 3 3
 Not low caste A 3 3 3
NA 3 3 3
 Hills ethnicity A 3
NA 3
 Non-hills ethnicity A 3
NA 3
FGDs and KIIs with key informants
FGDs
 Decisionmaker A 3 3 3 3 3 3
 Women’ s group facilitator 2 3 3 3 3 3
KIIs
 Community people 3 3 3 3 3 3
Total data points
 Total FGDs: 225 Total KIIs: 18 30 (27 FGDs, 3 KIIs) 39 (36 FGDs, 3 KIIs) 47 (44 FGDs, 3 KIIs) 45 (40 FGDs, 3 KIIs, 2 SIIs) 57 (54 FGDs, 3 KIIs) 27 (24 FGDs, 3 KIIs)
 Total SSIs: 2

*For the sampling in Nepal-Makwanpur, Nepal-Dhanusha and Mumbai, it was only possible to distinguish two socioeconomic categories (low and high), while for Bangladesh, rural India and Malawi it was possible to also make a distinction between medium socioeconomic position and the elite (11+ years of education, richest quintile).

A, Attenders; FGDs, focus group discussions; KIIs, Key informant interviews, NA, not applicable; SSI, semistructure interview.