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Table 1 Screening tool for FGD participant recruitment

From: Understanding the roles of community health workers in improving perinatal health equity in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: a qualitative study

Socio-economic characteristics

Lower socio-economic position participants

Higher socio-economic position participants

House materials

Semi-pukka, semi-kuccha, or kuccha– made of mud or thatched ceiling, only partly cemented (floor and/or roof not cemented)

Pukka or semi-pukka – made of cement on roof and/or floor and walls

Water/electricity/toilet facility

Hand pump or not, but no electricity and no toilets

There is at least a hand pump and/or well and electricity available, maybe also toilets

Occupation of family and related income

Labour work in or outside of village, brick maker, farming on others’ land that they do not own

Office or government jobs, owns a good amount of land, or private owner of shops or trades

Caste status

Scheduled Caste or Tribe jatis, or others considered of lower socio-economic positions in that village

General or Other Backward Class jatis, or others considered of higher socio-economic position in that village

Literacy and education level

Cannot read or write, or had no schooling

Can read or write, or had some schooling

Location in village

Living in a hamlet or section far from the main area of village

Living in the main hamlet or central area of hamlet