Exploring women’s sexual and reproductive health needs in Zabol’s suburbs, Iran: a qualitative study

Table 1 The demographic characteristics of the participants (women living in the suburbs and key informants) (N = 22)

No.	Age (year)	Level of education	Occupation	Age at marriage/work experience (year)
1	32	Primary school	Housewife	16
2	24	B.Sc	Employee	23
3	37	Primary school	Housewife	16
4	34	High school	Housewife	18
5	37	High school	Housewife	24
6	23	Primary school	Housewife	15
7	32	B.Sc	Employee	25
8	25	Primary school	Housewife	21
9	27	High school	Housewife	21
10	23	B.Sc	Housewife	22
11	36	B.Sc	Employee	26
12	31	B.Sc	Employee	24
13	24	Primary school	Housewife	16
14	25	Primary school	Housewife	17
15	19	Primary school	Housewife	15
16	41	Primary school	Housewife	16
Characteristics of key informants
1	32	B.Sc. of Midwifery	Midwife at a healthcare center	9
2	28	M.Sc. of Midwifery	Family health specialist	6
3	39	B.Sc. of Midwifery	Midwife at an OB-GYN clinic	17
4	53	M.Sc. of Midwifery	Midwifery manager of the Deputy for Treatment	30
5	48	Ph.D. in Medical and Health Sociology	Professor at Tehran University	17
6	36	M.A. in Quranic Studies	Seminary teacher	8

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