Coding issues
One challenge in coding is that it anticipates the participants expressing only one priority in each comment. However, comments are not always focused on a single entity: for example, there are two issues to consider in the comment “My husband does not want a caesarean, but I want a healthy baby, whichever way delivery happens”. The baby appears to be the priority here, so the comment was coded as such. Other statements, e.g. “I want my delivery to be safe and normal”, incorporate two equally weighted opinions (safety and normal birth), and so the participant’s overall context must be considered when coding. For example, if the woman has indicated elsewhere that she wishes to have a normal birth, then this particular comment may be coded under ‘safe birth’. Of course, such interpretations must be corroborated by others, not least those on the ground who can confirm or refute cultural assumptions.