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Table 1 Socio demographic data of respondents

From: Psychosocial implications of tubal ligation in a rural health district: A phenomenological study

Participants

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Age

39

40

40

40

40

35

38

40

36

38

39

38

38

37

37

Marital status

M

M

W

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

Study level

O

S

P

P

P

P

S

S

P

S

S

S

S

S

S

Years of marriage

19

19

22

24

25

16

15

25

17

21

20

19

19

20

17

Parity

9

7

6

4

6

6

6

10

3

6

8

5

7

3

5

Gender ratio (m/f) of living children

1/3

4/3

3/3

3/1

4/2

5/1

3/3

6/4

4/1

2/2

3/5

4/1

2/5

1/1

3/2

Years after tubal ligation

3

3

3

5

3

3

3

5

3

4

3

5

5

1

5

Religion

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Pr

Socioeconomic level

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

Decision-maker for tubal sterilization

Wi

Wi

Me

Me

Me

Me

Me

Me

Me

H

Wi

Wi

Wi

H

H

  1. M: married, W: widowed, O: illiterate, P: primary school; S: secondary school, P.: protestant, I and II: see socio-economical levels in methodology; W: wife; Me: medical indication, H: husband consent. M: male, f: female