Table 2 Illustration of the analysis process
From: Unmarried women’s ways of facing single motherhood in Sri Lanka – a qualitative interview study
Meaning unit | Condensed meaning unit | Code |
|---|---|---|
Interviewer (I): What did you feel when you got to know that you were pregnant? | The despair when realizing the pregnancy made her consider suicide, but when consulting a friend she was encouraged to inform the family and discard suicide | Considered and discarded suicide* |
Participant (P): I felt like ‘Oh! What’s to be done’? I felt like committing suicide. | ||
When I told that to my friend, she asked me not to do such a foolish thing, but to inform my family, and said that they wouldn’t let me down. So I thought | ||
I shouldn’t do that [commit suicide] and informed my family instead | ||
I: Although you thought of committing suicide you didn’t attempt it, did you? | ||
P: No |