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Table 1 Name generator, decision maker, and influencer questions

From: Reproductive health decision making among nomadic pastoralists in North Eastern Kenya: a qualitative social network analysis

Question type

Example question

Name Generator

Who is most important to you?

Who do you talk to if you are worried or upset?

Who do you leave in charge of your livestock?

Who do you leave in charge of your children?

Decision maker questions

Who was involved in decisions around the timing of your first child?

After your first child, who participated in decisions around how long to wait to have another one?

Who participates in decisions around how many children to have?

Who participates in decisions around how much or how long to breastfeed for?

Influencer questions

Who are the people who have the most influence over the number of children you had (or will have)?

Can you rank these individuals from least to most influential?