Pregnancy outside of marriage
FGD participants reported that women who found themselves pregnant outside of marriage were understood to be less likely to attend early ANC for fear of running into acquaintances at the clinic and the pregnancy being revealed. This theme was spoken about in generalised terms with no specific examples presented.Respondent: FGD participants did not elaborate on what the social consequences of such a pregnancy out of marriage might be; these results will be considered in the Discussion in relation to extant literature on the social consequences of pregnancy outside marriage. Further, all FGD participants were married, and none indicated that they had concealed a pregnancy for this reason.R