Table 1.
Focus group composition across study regions
| Unit No | Type of unit | Size of unit* | Midwives | Student midwives | Obstetricians | Total |
| Region 1 | 2 OU+AMU | 1 small | 14 | 1 | 17 | 32 |
| 1 OU+FMU | 2 medium | |||||
| 1 OU+AMU+FMU | 1 large | |||||
| Region 2 | 1 OU | 14 | 3 | 4 | 21 | |
| 2 OU+AMU | 2 medium | |||||
| 1 OU+AMU+FMU | 2 large | |||||
| Region 3 | 4 OU+AMU | 2 small | 13 | 2 | 8 | 23 |
| 1 medium | ||||||
| 1 large | ||||||
| Region 4 | 2 OU | 1 small 1 medium |
16 | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 OU+AMU | 2 large | |||||
| Total | 57 | 8 | 37 | 101 | ||
*Categorised according to number of births per year: small <3500, medium 3500–5000, large >5000.
AMU, alongside midwifery unit; FMU, free-standing midwifery unit; OU, obstetric unit.