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. 2017 Jan 3;17:3. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3915-y

Table 1.

Percentage of participants answering correctly and being involved in maternity issues

Test questions Frequency Percent
Women need to have medical checkup during pregnancy 1129 94.4
During pregnancy, women need to eat more 993 83.0
Contraception is woman’s business so man should not worry 569 47.6
Month of pregnancy women need to have first check-up 270 23.0
Medical persons visited during last pregnancy 443 37.0
Wife visited health facility 557 46.6
Antenatal check-ups for the mother of most recent child 840 70.2
Husband present at birth of last child 852 71.2
Husband present during visit of medical person 435 36.4
Husband talked to wife about medical personnel 665 55.6
Husband talked with medical personnel himself 393 32.9
Husband is involved in healthcare decision making of wife 478 40