Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants (adults of reproductive age 25–49)

IDIs with adults aged 25–49	Ndavela/urban		Boane/rural
	Ndlavela	Ndlavela	Boane head quarters	Boane head quarters	Mahubo	Mahubo
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
Number of participants	8	8	4	4	4	4
Age range	29–44	28–49	29–39	27–49	40–48	37–49
Educational level
Uneducated	1	0	0	0	1	0
Primary school	3	2	1	1	2	1
Secondary school	3	3	2	2	1	3
Beyond secondary school	1	3	1	1	0	0
Number of children range
1–3	5	4	2	1	1	2
4–6	2	3	1	2	1	1
7–9	1	1	1	1	1	1
10+	0	0	0	0	1	0
Occupation
Unemployed	1	2	1	0	1	0
Informal seller	2	1	1	1	1	1
Traditional Healer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Public servant	3	4	0	2	0	2
Farmers	0	0	1	0	2	1
Activist of SRH	0	1	0	0	0	0
Teacher	1	0	1	0	0	0
Security sentinel	0	0	0	1	0	0
Type of contraceptive use	Contraceptive use by female	Contraceptive use reported to be used by their female partner	Contraceptive use by female	Contraceptive use reported to be used by their female partner	Contraceptive use by female	Contraceptive use reported to be used by their female partner
	Pills n = 2	Pills n = 1	Pills n = 1	Pills n = 1	Pills n = 0	Pills n = 1
	Injections n = 3	Injections n = 2	Injections n = 2	Injections n = 1	Injections n = 1	Injections n = 1
	Intra uterine devices n = 1	Intra uterine devices n = 0	Intra uterine devices n = 0	Intra uterine devices n = 0	Intra uterine devices n = 1	Intra uterine devices n = 0
	Condoms n = 0	Condoms n = 1	Condoms n = 0	Condoms n = 1	Condoms = 0	Condoms n = 0
	Withdrawal n = 1	Withdrawal n = 1	Withdrawal n = 1	Withdrawal n = 0	Withdrawal n = 1	Withdrawal n = 1
	Indigenous n = 1	Indigenous n = 2	Indigenous n = 0	Indigenous n = 0	Indigenous = 1	Indigenous n = 1
	Sterilization n = 0	Do not know n = 1	Sterilization n = 0	Do not know n = 1	Sterilization n = 0	Sterilization n = 0
		Sterilization n = 0		Sterilization n = 0