Table 6 Association between knowing a midwife providing labour and birth care and overall satisfaction with labour and birth care (caseload group only). ORs based on comparison of women scoring ‘0’ to ‘5’ versus ‘6’ or ‘7’ where ‘7’ indicates the highest satisfaction

Had met at least one of the midwives providing care in labour at least once before

 No

89/109

81.7

1

(ref)

 Yes

756/849

89.1

1.83

1.07, 3.12

0.03

Number of times had previously met at least one of the midwives providing care in labour (n = 958)

 Never

89/109

81.7

1

(ref)

 Once

169/197

85.8

1.36

0.72, 2.54

0.34

 Twice

89/99

89.9

2.00

0.89, 4.51

0.10

 Three times

82/91

90.1

2.05

0.89, 4.75

0.10

 Four times

105/112

93.8

3.38

1.36, 8.34

0.009

 Five times

92/105

87.6

1.59

0.74, 3.39

0.23

 Six times

88/97

90.7

2.12

0.94, 5.10

0.07

 Seven times or more

131/148

88.5

1.73

0.86, 3.49

0.12