Companionship during facility-based childbirth: results from a mixed-methods study with recently delivered women and providers in Kenya

Table 8 Univariate and Bivariate distribution of Provider data, PQCC study 2016

	Characteristics of Providers		Percent reporting women are allowed continuous support during
	Characteristics of Providers		Labor		Delivery
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Facility type
Govt. Hospital	30	61.2	22	73.3	10	33.3
Govt. Health Center	13	26.5	13	100	6	46.2
Mission Hospital	6	12	6	100	3	50
Position in facility
Clinical officer	7	14.3	7	100	4	57.1*
Nurse/Midwife	25	51	19	76	12	48
Support staff	17	34.7	15	88.2	3	17.6
Gender
Male	14	28.6	14	100	9	64.3*
Female	35	71.4	27	77.1	10	28.6
Age
24 to 39 years	30	61.2	26	86.7	12	40
40 to 58 years	19	38.8	15	78.9	7	36.8
Marital status
Single/Widowed	8	17	7	87.5	3	37.5
Married	39	83	32	82	15	38.5
Parity
0 to 3	34	72.34	28	82.4	13	38.2
4 to 7	13	27.66	11	84.6	5	38.5
Feels Facility is crowded
No, never	14	28.6	12	85.7	5	35.7
Yes, a few times	6	12.2	5	83.3	3	50
Yes, most of the time	23	46.9	21	91.3	9	39.1
Yes, all the time	6	12.2	3	50	2	33.3
Women allowed labor support
No, never	1	2
Yes, a few times	6	12.2
Yes, most of the time	12	24.5
Yes, all the time	29	59.2
Women allowed delivery support
No, never	18	36.7
Yes, a few times	12	24.5
Yes, most of the time	9	18.4
Yes, all the time	10	20.4
Total	49	100	41	83.7	19	38.8

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