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3.4. STUDY POPULATION
The population sample was drawn from:
- Women in bearing age groups who had experienced pregnancy and delivery.
- Health providers in respective villages
- Village leaders and influential people.
- Women's groups in Kigoma district.
3.4.1. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
A multistage sampling method was employed where by:
Simple random sampling was used to select two divisions out of six divisions. Four (4)
wards from the selected divisions were selected by simple random sampling. Two (2)
villages from each ward were selected through simple random sampling to make a total
of eight (8) villages for study.
Systematic random sampling was applied to select fifty (50) households from each
village, at a regular interval of six (6) until a sample size of 400 respondents was obtained
for women of bearing age who had experienced pregnancy and delivery.
For focus group discussions, this was conveniently selected after consultations with
village leaders in the respective village.
Eight (8) focus group discussions, one (1) from each village, which comprised of eight
(8) participants, were involved. Thus making a total of sixty-four (64) respondents.
Groups involved were village leaders and influential people, Community Own Resource
Persons including TBAs, Health workers and women groups found in the village
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