Table 4.

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

Variable	Rural n=294(%)
	Active Involvement	Passive/No Involvement	COR (95%CI)	p-value	aOR (95%CI)	p-value
Age
<40	45(32.4)	71(45.8)	0.57 (0.35–0.91)	0.019	1.40 (0.82–2.40)	0.215
≥40	94(67.6)	84(54.2)	1
Educational Status
Below Tertiary	80(57.6)	109(70.3)	0.57(0.35–0.93)	0.023	0.55 (0.24–1.25)	0.155
Occupational Status
Skilled	47(34.8)	31(22.0)	1.90(1.11–3.23)	0.018	2.50 (1.16–5.56)	0.019
Unskilled	88(65.2)	110(78.0)	1
Educational status of spouse/partner
Below Tertiary	67(48.2)	80(51.6)	0.87(0.55–1.38)	0.559	1.02 (0.58–1.81)	0.934
Tertiary	72(51.8)	75(48.4)	1
Cost of transport to FP clinic
Expensive	42(30.2)	52(33.6)	0.86(0.52–1.40)	0.541	-	-
Cheap	97(69.8)	103(66.5)	1
Distance of residence to FP clinic
Near	105(76.1)	104(69.8)	1.38(0.81–2.33)	0.232	-	-
Far	33(23.9)	45(30.2)	1
Time spent at FP clinic
Long	17(12.3)	29(20.0)	0.56(0.29–1.08)	0.080	0.70 (0.34–1.45)	0.344
Short	121(87.7)	116(80.0)	1
Attitudes of health worker
Good	106(76.8)	94(64.4)	1.83(1.09–3.08)	0.022	1.52 (0.86–2.69)	0.146
Poor	32(23.2)	52(35.6)	1
Male friendly clinic
Yes	117(84.2)	101(65.2)	2.84(1.62–4.99)	<0.001	2.53 (1.35–4.76)	0.004
No	22(15.8)	54(34.8)	1
Gender preference of health worker
Female	90(64.8)	88(56.8)	1.40(0.87–2.24)	0.163	1.20(0.71–2.03)	0.499
Male	49(35.3)	67(43.2)	1
Adequate services rendered
Yes	132(95.0)	141(92.2)	1.60(0.61–4.20)	0.331	-	-
No	7(5.0)	12(7.8)	1

FP Family Planning

^*P value <0.05 are considered significant

COR Crude Odds Ratio

aOR Adjusted Odds Ratio