Table 3.

Health service-related factors associated with male involvement in family planning in the urban areas

Variable	Urban n=294(%)
	Active Involvement	Passive/No Involvement	COR (95%CI)	p-value	aOR (95%CI)	p-value
Age
<40	88(47.8)	51(46.4)	1.06 (0.66–1.70)	0.807	1.16 (0.67–1.99)	0.481
≥40	96(52.2)	59(53.6)	1
Educational Status
Below Tertiary	106(57.6)	69(62.7)	0.81(0.50–1.31)	0.387	0.93 (0.39–2.22)	0.866
Occupational Status
Skilled	63(36.4)	33(30.6)	1.30(0.78–2.17)	0.314	1.39 (0.55–3.57)	0.481
Unskilled	110(63.6)	75(69.4)	1
Educational status of spouse/partner
Below Tertiary	107(58.2)	78(70.9)	0.57(0.34–0.94)	0.028	1.75 (0.92–3.31)	0.087
Tertiary	77(41.9)	32(29.1)	1
Cost of transport to FP clinic
Expensive	18(9.8)	19(17.2)	0.52(0.30–1.04)	0.061	0.60(0.27–1.34)	0.214
Cheap	166(90.2)	91(82.7)	1
Distance of residence to FP clinic
Near	169(91.9)	90(82.6)	2.38(1.15–4.90)	0.017	2.25(0.97–5.19)	0.580
Far	15(8.2)	19(17.4)	1
Time spent at FP clinic
Long	28(15.7)	16(15.7)	1.00(0.51–1.96)	0.992
Short	150(84.3)	86(84.3)	1
Attitudes of health worker
Good	134(77.0)	62(61.4)	2.11(1.24–3.60)	0.006	2.07(1.17–3.67)	0.013
Poor	40(23.0)	39(38.6)	1
Male friendly clinic
Yes	134(72.8)	79(71.8)	1.05(0.62–1.78)	0.852	-	-
No	50(27.2)	31(28.2)	1
Gender preference of health worker
Female	96(52.2)	42(38.2)	1.77(1.09–2.86)	0.020	1.75(1.01–3.03)	0.044
Male	88(47.8)	68(61.8)	1
Adequate services rendered
Yes	174(95.6)	99(94.3)	1.32(0.45–3.91)	0.617	-	-
No	8(4.4)	6(5.7)	1

FP Family Planning

^*P value <0.05 are considered significant

COR Crude Odds Ratio

aOR Adjusted Odds Ratio