Table 1 Demographic details of the community participants and traditional birth attendants (TBAs)

Four IDIs with women who experienced stillbirths (IDIs = 4)

23–36

Illiterate (2)

Primary (1)

Class 10 (1)

1 (1)

2 (1)

4 (1)

8 (1)

All women experienced Stillbirths

Antepartum stillbirth (3)

Intra-partum stillbirths (1)

Home delivery (1)

Facility Delivery (3)

Four FGDs with rural women in general

(FGDs = 4;n = 29)

Three FGDs included 7 rural women; and one FGD included 8 rural women

23–39

Illiterate (18)

Primary (5)

Class 10 (4)

Intermediate^a (1)

BA^b (1)

1–3 (12)

4–5 (8)

5–7 (6)

8 and more (3)

IUD^c (6)

One woman reported having 3 IUDs

NA

Sample size

Age

Education

Position/post

Working experience

Four FGDs with Traditional birth attendants (FGDs = 4;n = 14)

Two FGDs included 4 TBAs and two FGDs included 3 TBAs

45–60

Illiterate (13)

Informal training (1)

Conduct home deliveries in villages

Average number of deliveries performed per month

1–4 (10)

5–7 (4)