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Table 2 Characteristics of focus group discussion participants

From: Understanding psychological distress among mothers in rural Nepal: a qualitative grounded theory exploration

VDC location of the FGD

Number of participants

Age range

Education

Religion

No. of children

None

Class 1-6

Class 7-12

SLC pass

Hindu

Muslim

Buddhist

0

1-3

4-6

>6

FGDs with women’s group members

Dhalkebar

10

18-70

7

1

1

1

10

0

0

1

5

3

0

Mukhiyapatti

9

25-50

9

0

0

0

9

0

0

0

2

7

0

Lohana

9

32-60

9

0

0

0

0

9

0

0

2

4

3

Phulgama

12

25-60

2

4

5

0

12

0

0

-

-

-

-

Bharatpur

12

19-73

5

2

4

1

0

0

12

2

9

0

1

Thadi Jhija

10

19-44

7

1

2

0

10

0

0

0

6

4

0

FGDs with women’s group facilitators and co-facilitators

Dhalkebar

7

23-60

1

2

4

0

7

0

 

0

6

1

0

Phulgama

12

20-60

3

4

5

0

12

0

0

-

-

-

-

FGDs with local women in control VDCs

Basaiya

6

25-40

6

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

5

1

0

Mansinghpatti

6

24-28

2

1

1

2

6

0

0

0

6

0

0

Sakuwa Mahendranagar

6

19-45

3

3

3

0

6

0

0

0

6

0

0

Sapahi

6

22-45

5

0

1

0

6

0

0

0

5

1

0

  1. - : data were not collected.