Increasing understanding of the relationship between geographic access and gendered decision-making power for treatment-seeking for febrile children in the Chikwawa district of Malawi

Table 1 Qualitative methods

Focus group discussions^a	Area of residence		Total
Focus group discussions^a	Central	Remote	Total
Young women^b	2	2	4
Older women	2	2	4
Men	2	2	4
Total focus group discussions	6	6	12

Critical incidence interviews	Area of residence		Total
Critical incidence interviews	Central	Remote	Total
Women whose child experienced fever and attended a formal health facility	7	5	12
Women whose child experienced fever and did not attend a formal health facility	3	7	10
Total critical incidence interviews	10	12	22

^a8 to 10 participants per group
^bYounger women’s groups were conducted with women aged between 18 and 24. These were restricted to married women with fewer than 4 children, as CAGs advised that unmarried young women may have not felt able to participate freely in groups of married women, and those with more children would assume a more senior role in the community

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