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Table 1 Overview of the interviewed respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics

From: ‘I am always crying on the inside’: a qualitative study on the implications of infertility on women’s lives in urban Gambia

Interview

Education level

Main source of income

Ethnicity

Religion

Marital status

Age categorya

1

University Gambia

Housewife

Mandinka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

2

University abroad

Civil servant

Mandinka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

3

University abroad

Civil servant

Mandinka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

4

University abroad

Civil servant

Mandinka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

5

University abroad

Civil servant

Mandinka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

6

No education

Market vendor

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Elder

7

No education

Housewife

Mandinka

Muslim

Divorced

Adult

8

University abroad

Civil servant

Mandinka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

9

No education

Market vendor

Mandinka

Muslim

Widow

Elder

10

No education

Housewife

Fula

Muslim

Widow

Elder

11

No education

Cleaning lady

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Elder

12

No education

Market vendor

Masuwanka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Elder

13

No education

Market vendor

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Elder

14

No education

Farming

Fula

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Adult

15

No education

Market vendor

Wolof

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Adult

16

High school

Housewife

Wolof

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Elder

17

No education

Market vendor

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Elder

18

No education

Housewife

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Adult

19

No education

Market vendor

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Elder

20

No education

Housewife

Serer

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Elder

21

Arabic school

Market vendor

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Elder

22

No education

Housewife

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Adult

23

Arabic school

Housewife

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Adult

24

University abroad

Civil servant

Mandinka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

25

University abroad

Civil servant

Aku

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

26

University abroad

Civil servant

Aku

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

27

University abroad

Civil servant

Aku

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

28

No education

Gardening

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Elder

29

High school

Housewife

Karoninka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

30

University Gambia

Housewife

Mandinka

Muslim

Polygynous marriage

Adult

31

College

Teacher

Aku

Christian

Monogamous marriage

Adult

32

Arabic school

Business woman

Mandinka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

33

Arabic school

Cleaning help

Mandinka

Muslim

Monogamous marriage

Adult

  1. aAdult: 18–49 years old/Elder: + 50 years old