Figure 2.

Provision of care – Notes: Data are reported as median frequency on the total sample (grey dot) and as median frequency on the sample of women giving birth in each country (coloured dots); horizontal grey line represents the range of the median frequencies. All the indicators in the domain of provision of care are directly based on WHO standards. Indicators identified with letters (eg, 3a, 3b) were tailored to take into account different mode of birth (ie, spontaneous vaginal, instrumental vaginal, and caesarean section). These were calculated on subsamples (eg, 3a was calculated on spontaneous vaginal births; 3b was calculated on instrumental vaginal births). Abbreviations: CS = caesarean section; HCP = health care provider; IVB= instrumental vaginal birth; SVB = spontaneous vaginal birth.