Table 1 Birth attendant demographics by staffing cadre in the 120 health facilities in the BetterBirth trial (intervention and control)

  Intervention

43 (44.8)

240 (50.6)

283 (49.6)

  Control

53 (55.2)

234 (49.4)

287 (50.4)

  SBA training

44 (45.8)

223 / 472 (47.3)

267 / 568 (47.0)

   2 years

91 (94.8)

4 (0.8)

95 (16.7)

   3 years

5 (5.2)

464 (97.9)

469 (82.3)

   4 years

0 (0.0)

6 (1.3)

6 (1.1)

   Bachelor/Master degree

20 / 86 (23.3)

188 / 389 (48.3)

208 / 475 (43.8)

   Secondary school

66 / 86 (76.7)

201 / 389 (51.7)

267 / 475 (56.2)

  Age (years)^a

96, 52.5 (43.5–57)

472, 32 (28–38)

568, 33 (28.5–44)

  Years since last training^a

43, 3 (2–7)

219, 3 (2–7)

262, 3 (2–7)

  Years of birth attendant experience^a

96, 28.3 (10–32)

472, 5 (3–9)

568, 6 (4–10.6)