Participant characteristics (N=38)
| Characteristic | Category | Mother n=19 | Father n=15 | Grandparent n=4 | Total N=38 |
| Age range (in completed years) | 21–30 | 14 | 7 | – | 21 |
| 31–40 | 5 | 8 | – | 13 | |
| 41–50 | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| 51–60 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 61–70 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Occupation type | Homemaker/unemployed | 17 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Business | – | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Fixed-term employees | 1 | 5 | – | 6 | |
| Daily wage labour | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Agriculture/fishery | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Permanent employees | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Type of family | Joint | 11 | 4 | – | 16 |
| Nuclear | 15 | 7 | – | 22 | |
| Residence in the same town of study site | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | |
| Admission | Outborn | – | – | – | 20 |
| Type of pregnancy | Lower segment caesarean section | 18 | 8 | – | 26 |
| First pregnancy | 14 | 5 | – | 19 | |
| Abortions—1 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | |
| Abortions—2 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
| Abortions—3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Neonatal death | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Live child at home | – | – | – | 5 | |
| Type of systemic infection | Neonatal meningitis | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| Neonatal sepsis | 19 | 8 | – | 27 | |
| Neonatal pneumonia | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | |
| Septic arthritis | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| More than one systemic infection | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Sex of neonate | Male | 15 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| Previous experience with sepsis (families and friends) | Requiring admission | – | – | – | 0 |
| Not requiring admission | – | – | – | 0 | |
| Previous intensive care experience | – | – | – | 0 | |