Table 4. Women’s’ obstetric and contraception history, intervention to involve male partners in maternity care, Burkina Faso, 2015–2016.
| Obstetric and contraception history | No. of women (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group (n = 583) | Control group (n = 561) | |
| Parity | ||
| 0 | 127 (21.8) | 144 (25.7) |
| 1 | 159 (27.3) | 132 (23.5) |
| 2 | 119 (20.4) | 93 (16.6) |
| ≥ 3 | 178 (30.5) | 192 (34.2) |
| Had ≥ 1 miscarriage or abortion | 91 (15.6) | 107 (19.1) |
| Had ≥ 1 stillbirth | 29 (5.0) | 22 (3.9) |
| Lost ≥ 1 child after birth | 96 (16.5) | 106 (18.9) |
| Nature of current pregnancy | ||
| Wanted | 437 (75.0) | 424 (75.6) |
| Mistimed | 133 (22.8) | 128 (22.8) |
| Not wanted | 13 (2.2) | 9 (1.6) |
| Contraceptive methods used previouslya,b | ||
| None | 191 (32.8) | 197 (35.1) |
| Male condom | 69 (11.8) | 64 (11.4) |
| Contraceptive pill | 188 (32.3) | 189 (33.7) |
| Injectable contraceptive | 171 (29.3) | 145 (25.8) |
| Implant | 103 (17.7) | 95 (16.9) |
| Other method | 35 (6.0) | 35 (6.2) |
| Contraceptive users who did not inform their partnerb | 58 (14.8)c | 63 (17.3)d |
a The percentages for contraceptive methods used add up to more than 100% as more than one method could be mentioned.
b Data were missing for one woman in the intervention arm and one in the control arm.
c The denominator was 389: the number of women in the intervention group who ever used contraception.
d The denominator was 360: the number of women in the control group who ever used contraception.