Perceived Barriers of Child Adoption: A Qualitative Study among Women with Infertility in Northern Ghana

Table 2

Main themes and subthemes.

Main themes	Subthemes
Negative reaction of husbands	Husbands prefer marrying second wife
	Husbands prefer biological children
Psychological dissatisfaction	Adopting a child will not make any difference
	Child adoption is a sign of accepting defeat
Family dynamics	High value for blood relations
	Blaming of the woman
	Unpredictable family influence
	Discrimination against the adopted child
	The family will not allow the adopted child to inherit property