Table 1.
Characteristics of labour companionship by country (N=2672)*
| Ghana | Guinea | Myanmar | Nigeria | Total | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Total number of women with labour companion present at any point during care at the facility | 395 (47.3) | 82 (12.7) | 629 (99.7) | 240 (42.8) | 1346 (50.4) |
| Total number of women with labour companion absent at any point during care at the facility | 437 (52.3) | 560 (86.9) | 1 (0.16) | 320 (57.0) | 1318 (49.3) |
| Unknown | 4 (0.5) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 8 (0.3) |
| Timing of support (mutually exclusive categories) (N=1346) | |||||
| Labour only | 45 (11.4) | 9 (10.9) | 2 (0.32) | 15 (6.3) | 71 (5.3) |
| Childbirth only | 5 (1.3) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (0.16) | 4 (1.7) | 11 (0.8) |
| After childbirth only | 138 (34.9) | 36 (43.9) | 2 (0.3) | 18 (7.5) | 194 (14.4) |
| During labour and childbirth | 27 (6.8) | 1 (1.2) | 46 (7.3) | 22 (9.2) | 96 (7.1) |
| Labour and after childbirth | 105 (26.6) | 27 (32.9) | 432 (68.7) | 103 (42.9) | 667 (49.6) |
| During childbirth and after childbirth | 20 (5.1) | 6 (7.3) | 19 (3.0) | 8 (3.3) | 53 (3.9) |
| Labour, childbirth and after childbirth | 54 (13.7) | 2 (2.2) | 126 (20.0) | 70 (29.2) | 252 (18.7) |
| Unknown | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 1 (0.16) | 0 | 2 (0.15) |
| Labour companion (mutually exclusive categories) (N=1346) | |||||
| Male partner only | 151 (38.2) | 4 (4.9) | 41 (6.5) | 115 (47.9) | 311 (23.1) |
| Family member only | 151 (38.2) | 72 (87.8) | 338 (53.7) | 71 (29.6) | 632 (47.0) |
| Both (male partner and family member) | 76 (19.2) | 3 (3.7) | 203 (32.3) | 35 (14.6) | 317 (23.6) |
| Other (friend(s)), doula(s), traditional birth attendants) | 17 (4.3) | 3 (3.7) | 47 (7.5) | 19 (7.9) | 86 (6.4) |
*Overall sample: N=2672. Ghana: 836 (31.3%), Guinea: 644 (24.1%), Myanmar: 631 (23.6%), Nigeria: 561 (21.0%).