Table 4.

Background information of participants (Aponjon subscribers) (N=16)

Characteristics			Caller women n (n=8),	Caller husband (n=8), n
Age of participants (years)
	<20		2	0
	20-24		5	1
	≥25		1	7
Access to Aponjon messages
	Regular		7	5
	Sometimes		1	2
	Never		0	1
Type of messages received
	Voice		8	5
	text		0	3
Who received Aponjon messages
	Husband		0	3
	Wife		8	0
	Both		0	4
	Never received messages		0	1
Aponjon subscriber woman possesses a functional personal mobile phone
	Yes		8	2
	No		0	6
Mobile phone literacy of Aponjon subscriber women
	Can receive and make calls
		Yes	8	5
		No	0	3
	Can send/read text messages
		Yes	8	3
		No	0	5
Educational qualification of subscriber women/wives
	None or primary education		0	3
	Junior secondary education		2	0
	Secondary school or higher		6	4
	Don’t know		0	1
Educational qualification (husbands)
	None or primary education		0	3
	Junior secondary education		0	0
	Secondary school or higher		6	5
	Don’t know		2	0
Family monthly income (BDT)
	<10,000		0	1
	10,000-50,000		8	6
	>50,000		0	1
Occupation of woman
	Homemaker		6	8
	Teacher		1	0
	Student		1	0
Occupation of husband
	Overseas work		4	0
	Unemployed		0	1
	Small or large business		3	5
	Other paid jobs		1	2
Family type
	Nuclear		1	1
	Extended		6	7
	Stays with parents (husband overseas)		1	0
Number of children
	Expecting first child		2	0
	1		3	5
	2		3	1
	3 or more		0	2
History of miscarriage/stillbirth/abortion
	Miscarriage/abortion		1	1
	Child death (obstructed delivery)		1	0
Division
	Dhaka		5	3
	Rangpur		1	0
	Rajshahi		0	3
	Chittagong		2	0
	Khulna		0	2