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Table 1
Number of women in each stage of recruitment
	One-on-One Interview n	Validation Session n	Total N

Available to recruit	40	77	77
Attempted to contact	14	23	33^a
Invited to participate	10	18	24^b
Agreed to participate	8	13	18^c
Participated	8^d	5	12^e

^aThere were attempts to contact four women for both an interview and the validation session. ^bFour women were invited to participate in both an interview and the validation session. ^cThree women agreed to participate in both an interview and the validation session. ^dOne woman's husband also participated in the one-on-one interview (not included in count). ^eOne woman participated in both an interview and the validation session.
McNeil et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2012 12:17 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-12-17

Table 1