Table 2.
Post-intervention spousal discussions on family planning issues, Jimma zone, Ethiopia, 2014
| Total | Control group | Intervention group | Odds ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude | adjusted | ||||
| Percentage of couples that discussed family planning issues | |||||
| as reported by the husband | 574/772 (74.4 %) | 261/379 (68.9 %) | 313/393 (79.6 %) | 1.77 (p = 0.001) | 1.36 (p = 0.068) |
| as reported by the wife | 471/773 (60.9 %) | 164/380 (43.2 %) | 307/393 (78.1 %) | 4.7 (p < 0.001) | 3.69 (p < 0.001) |
| Percentage of couples that discussed family planning issues that discussed it often or very often | |||||
| as reported by the husband | 309/574 (53.8 %) | 82/261 (31.4 %) | 227/313 (72.5 %) | 5.76 (p < 0.001) | 4.73 (p < 0.001) |
| as reported by the wife | 272/471 (57.7 %) | 53/164 (32.3 %) | 219/307 (71.3 %) | 5.21 (p < 0.001) | 4.46 (p < 0.001) |
| Percentage of couples that reported an increase in discussing family planning issues compared to the baseline survey | |||||
| as reported by the husband | 246/771 (31.9 %) | 104/379 (27.4 %) | 142/392 (36.2 %) | 1.50 (p = 0.009) | 1.41 (p = 0.031) |
| as reported by the wife | 302/772 (39.1 %) | 64/379 (16.9 %) | 238/393 (60.6 %) | 7.56 (p < 0.001) | 7.80 (p < 0.001) |
| Percentage of individuals who agreed women can decide about family planning without consent of her husband | |||||
| among husbands | 112/771 (14.5 %) | 72/378 (19 %) | 40/393 (10.2 %) | 0.48 (p = 0.001) | 0.56 (p = 0.007) |
| among wives | 289/742 (38.9 %) | 231/366 (63.1 %) | 58/376 (15.4 %) | 0.11 (p < 0.001) | 0.10 (p < 0.001) |
| both husband and wife | 58/740 (7.8 %) | 55/364 (15.1 %) | 3/376 (0.8 %) | 0.05 (p < 0.001) | 0.06 (p < 0.001) |