Social determinants of health pave the path to maternal deaths in rural Sri Lanka: reflections from social autopsies

Table 1 Description of the relationship of respondents with the deceased women

Maternal death (case)	Respondents	Relationship with the deceased woman	Duration of the relationship
1	R1	Husband’s elder brother’s daughter	3–4 years
	R2	Husband’s younger brother	3–4 years
	R3	Husband’s younger brother’s wife	3–4 years
2	R4	Husband	Eight years of marriage
	R5	Mother	From birth
	R6	Stepfather	From birth
	R7	Deceased women’s mother’s elder sister	From birth
	R8	Deceased woman’s mother’s elder sister’s husband	From birth
3	R9	Husband	Four years
	R10	Husband’s mother	Four years
	R11	Husband’s father	Four years
	R12	Son (Deceased woman’s 1st marriage)	From birth
	R13	Close neighbor 1	Four years
	R14	Close neighbor 2	Four years
4	R15	Husband’s mother	4–5 years
4	R16	Close neighbor	4–5 years
5	R17	Husband	Three years of marriage
5	R18	Close neighbor	From birth
6	R19	Husband	Three years
6	R20	Husband’s mother’s elder sister	Three years
7	R21	Husband	Unmarried relationship for nine years and one year of marriage
	R22	Husband’s mother	10 years
	R23	Father	From birth
8	R24	Mother	From birth
	R25	Father	From birth
	R26	Sister	From birth
	R27	Close neighbor	15 years
9	R28	Husband	10 years of marriage
	R29	Husband’s elder and younger sisters	10–11 years
	R30	Close neighbor	10–11
10	R31	Husband	Five months of marriage
10	R32	Husband’s mother	One year
11	R33	Close neighbor	Less than one year
12	R34	Father	From birth
12	R35	Husband	One year of marriage
13	R36	Father	From birth
	R37	Husband’s sister	4–5 years
	R38	Close neighbor	Seven years
14	R39	Husband’s mother	1–2 years
14	R40	Close friend	1–2 years
15	R41	Husband’s mother	1–2 years
	R42	Mother	From birth
	R43	Sister	From birth

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