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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the focus group dissuasion (FGD) and Key informant participants (KII)

From: Socio-cultural factors favoring home delivery in Afar pastoral community, northeast Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study

Socio-demographic traits

FGD Participant

KII Participant

Mothers (60) and grandmothers (#48)

Male tribal or religious leaders (#54)

District health office heads, (#6)

women’s affairs office heads(#6)

Traditional birth attendants(#12)

Age

 Below 30 years

52 (48%)

2 (4%)

1 (17%)

0

0

 30 or above

56 (52%)

52 (96%)

5 (83%)

6

12

Religion

 Islam

108 (100%)

54 (100)

6

6

12

 Christina

0

0

0

0

0

Education level

 Illiterate

96 (89%)

39 (72%)

0

0

12

 Primer education

11 (10%)

12 (22%)

0

0

0

 Secondary and more

1 (1%)

3 (6%)

6

6

0

Occupation

 Home duties and pastoralist

108 (100%)

0

0

0

0

 Pastoralist

0

42 (78%)

0

0

0

 Gov employee

0

0

6

6

0

 Self-employed (Business)

0

12 (22%)

  

12 (TBA)

 Daily labor

0

0

0

0

0

Marital status

 Married

89?(82.4)

50 (93%)

6

6

9

 Widowed

15 (13.9%)

4 (7%)

  

3

 Divorced

4 (3.7%)

0

0

0

0

 Birth place (last pregnancy for 60 women)

 Home

92 (85.1%)

0

5

1 (17%)

11 (92)

 Health facility

16 (14.8%)

0

0

5 (83%)

1 (8)