Table 3 Qualitative theme frequencies
Topic | Themes/subthemes | Frequency | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Perceptions | It’s about survival | 14 | 57 (28.4 %) |
Knowing as a mother should | 10 | ||
We are on our own | 9 | ||
Women present/men absent | 10 | ||
Women do/men decide | 8 | ||
Lack of resources = lack of access | 3 | ||
Experiences | Not just more but better care | 38 | 97 (48.2 %) |
Do as you are told | 9 | ||
So little for so many | 15 | ||
MNCH as cultural | 13 | ||
Responsible for everything and everyone | 6 | ||
Making the covert overt/revealing family planning | 12 | ||
Family planning as family progress | 4 | ||
Preferred futures | Envisioning a resource filled future | 7 | 11 (5.5 %) |
For our daughters | 4 | ||
Socially speaking | It’s a violent time | 6 | 12 (6 %) |
Further marginalized | 4 | ||
When family values don’t value | 2 | ||
Medically speaking | Failing to provide care | 12 | 17 (8.4 %) |
Failing to care | 5 | ||
Ethically speaking | Desperately seeking ethical MNCH care | 7 | 7 (3.5 %) |
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