Table 2.

Labor and birth companionship among women included in the companionship sample—Kigoma Region, Tanzania, 2016 (n = 935).

	Women, n (%)	95% CI
Had a companion in labor - Yes	418 (44.7)	41.5–47.9
Who was your companion?*
Mother	144 (34.5)	30.0–39.2
Mother-in-law	127 (30.4)	26.1–35.0
Neighbor	94 (22.5)	18.7–26.8
Sister	92 (21.8)	18.1–26.0
Husband	88 (21.1)	17.4–25.2
Other (Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA), Aunt, Grandmother, Cousin)	50 (12.0)	9.2–15.5
Friend	43 (10.3)	7.7–13.6
Had a companion in labor - No	517 (55.3)	52.1–58.5
Would you have wanted a companion? - No	324 (62.7)	58.4–66.7
Would you have wanted a companion? - Missing	6 (1.2)	0.5–2.6
Would you have wanted a companion? - Yes	187 (36.2)	32.1–40.4
Who would you have wanted as a companion?*
Mother	118 (63.4)	56.2–70.1
Sister	66 (35.5)	28.9–42.7
Mother-in-law	43 (23.1)	17.6–29.8
Other (TBA, Neighbor, Grandmother, Cousin, Friend, Nurse)	31 (16.6)	11.9–22.7
Husband	28 (15.1)	10.6–21.0
Had a companion at the time of birth - Yes	112 (12.0)	10.0–14.2
Who was your companion?*
Mother-in-law	32 (28.6)	20.9–37.8
Mother	25 (22.3)	15.5–31.1
TBA	19 (17.0)	11.0–25.2
Other (Friend, Grandmother, Aunt)	19 (17.0)	11.0–25.2
Husband	13 (11.6)	6.8–19.1
Neighbor	13 (11.6)	6.8–19.2
Sister	12 (10.7)	6.1–18.1
Had a companion at the time of birth - No	823 (88.0)	85.8–90.0
Would you have wanted a companion? - No	623 (75.7)	72.6–78.5
Would you have wanted a companion? - Yes	191 (23.2)	20.4–26.2
Who would you have wanted as a companion?*
Mother	122 (63.9)	56.8–70.4
Sister	49 (25.7)	19.9–32.4
Mother-in-law	37 (19.4)	14.3–25.7
Other (TBA, Neighbor, Friend, Nurse)	25 (13.1)	9.0–18.7
Husband	24 (12.6)	8.5–18.1

NOTE: TBA = Traditional Birth Attendant; CI = Confidence Intervals.

^*Multiple responses possible, thus percentages do not sum to 100.