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. 2016 Mar 4;16:47. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0834-y

Table 3.

Main themes, sub-themes and codes for why women participate or not in the JSY program

Main Theme #1
Institutional delivery is now the social norm
Sub-theme 1.1 Social norm to deliver in
a health facility
1.2 Individual women’s perception
of the importance for ‘safe’ and
‘easy’ delivery
1.3 Social pressure from the ASHA to deliver in a health facility
Codes Desired place of delivery · Justification for place of delivery · Affirmation of normalcy · Reflections on future delivery plans · Comparison between home delivery and institutional delivery · Advantages/disadvantages of home delivery and institutional delivery
· ASHA involvement · Dai involvement · Anganwadi helper involvement · Sweeper involvement · How decision where to deliver is made · Who influenced · Role of Family members on where to deliver · Family relationships · Affirmation of normalcy · Reflections on future delivery plans · Perceptions of quality of care
Main Theme #2
Role of cash incentive: Diversity among views
Sub-theme 2.4 Incentive motivates for institutional delivery 2.5 Money is important but health is more important 2.6 Institutional delivery regardless of the cash benefit
2.4.1 Difficulties to retain entire benefit and unintentional costs associated with
participating in JSY
Codes Influence of JSY on place of delivery · Reflections on future delivery plans · Justification for place of delivery · Awareness/View of JSY program · Expenses related to hospital delivery · Rationale for giving payments · Perception of delivery costs · Influence of JSY on place of delivery · Perception how the incentive should be spent · Adequacy of Incentive · Process/procedure to obtain incentive Actual use of incentive payment · ASHA involvement · Method of payment for delivery
Main Theme #3
Unintentional participation due to barriers to institutional delivery
Sub-theme 3.7 Circumstantial events and difficulties with transportation cause unintentional non-participation.
Codes Pre-labor/labor experience · Transport experience · Role of transport in determining place of delivery · How decision is made · Role of Family members · Family relationships · ASHA involvement · Dai involvement · Role of Family members on where to deliver
Main Theme #4
Public hospital is acceptable for ‘normal’ delivery but not complicated
Sub-theme 4.8 Distrust in public delivery services
Codes Trust/distrust in public sector to provide care · Trust/distrust in private sector to provide care · Comparison of sectors

ASHA: Accredited social health activist, JSY Janani Suraksha Yojana