Table 3.
Attitudes to presence of male partner at delivery among birth attendants
| Attitude to presence of male partner at delivery |
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| Variables | Positive | Negative | Total | χ2 | p value |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Age group | |||||
| ≤ 25 | 59 (12.7) | 15 (15.2) | 74 (13.1) | 1.865 | 0.761 |
| 26 – 35 | 238 (51.2) | 44 (44.4) | 282 (50.0) | ||
| 36 – 45 | 99 (21.3) | 24 (24.2) | 123 (21.8) | ||
| 46 – 55 | 56 (12.0) | 12 (12.1) | 68 (12.1) | ||
| > 55 | 13 (2.8) | 4 (4.0) | 17 (3.0) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 111 (23.9) | 29 (29.3) | 140 (24.8) | 1.286 | 0.257 |
| Female | 354 (76.1) | 70 (70.7) | 424 (75.2) | ||
| Cadre | |||||
| CHEW | 75 (16.1) | 18 (18.2) | 93 (16.5) | 2.811 | 0.590 |
| Nurse | 101 (21.7) | 15 (15.2) | 116 (20.6) | ||
| Nurse/ Midwife | 158 (34.0) | 38 (38.4) | 196 (34.8) | ||
| Medical doctor | 129 (27.7) | 28 (28.3) | 157 (27.8) | ||
| Place of employment | |||||
| Primary | 53 (11.4) | 5 (5.1) | 58 (10.3) | 4.477 | 0.214 |
| Secondary | 87 (18.7) | 24 (24.2) | 111 (19.7) | ||
| Tertiary | 196 (42.2) | 42 (42.4) | 238 (42.2) | ||
| Private | 129 (27.7) | 28 (28.3) | 157 (27.8) | ||
| Years of experience | |||||
| 0 – 10 | 295 (63.4) | 67 (67.6) | 362 (64.2) | 0.750 | 0.687 |
| 11 – 20 | 96 (20.6) | 17 (17.2) | 113 (20.0) | ||
| > 20 | 74 (15.9) | 15 (15.2) | 89 (15.8) | ||
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Last time conducted delivery (months) |
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| Never | 17 (3.7) | 2 (2.0) | 19 (3.4) | 2.020 | 0.568 |
| <6 | 270 (58.1) | 54 (54.5) | 324 (57.4) | ||
| 6–12 | 36 (7.7) | 11 (11.1) | 47 (8.3) | ||
| >12 | 142 (30.5) | 32 (32.3) | 174 (30.9) | ||
χ2: Chi square