Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of women in the two groups, in Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2015
| Was your husband involved at least in one ANC visit? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Yes, (%) (n = 385) | No, (%) (n = 279) | Total (N = 664) | Χ2, (p-value) |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 194 (60.1) | 129 (39.9) | 323 | 1.117 (=0.291) |
| Rural | 191 (56.0) | 150 (44.0) | 341 | |
| Age in year | ||||
| 15–24 | 103 (58.9) | 72 (41.1) | 175 | 0.090 (=0.956) |
| 25–34 | 218 (57.5) | 161 (42.5) | 379 | |
| 35–49 | 64 (58.2) | 46 (41.8) | 110 | |
| Education level | ||||
| Tertiary | 62 (62.6) | 37 (37.4) | 99 | 3.010 (=0.390) |
| Secondary | 103 (58.5) | 73 (41.5) | 176 | |
| Primary | 134 (54.0) | 114 (46.0) | 248 | |
| None | 86 (61.0) | 55 (39.0) | 141 | |
| Occupation type | ||||
| Government employee | 64 (69.6) | 28 (30.4) | 92 | 6.159 (=0.046)* |
| Businesswomen | 35 (59.3) | 24 (40.7) | 59 | |
| Housewife | 286 (55.8) | 227 (44.2) | 513 | |
| Religion | ||||
| Protestant | 251 (55.9) | 198 (44.1) | 449 | 8.908 (=0.031)* |
| Orthodox | 45 (63.4) | 26 (36.6) | 71 | |
| Catholic | 47 (73.4) | 17 (26.6) | 64 | |
| Muslim | 42 (52.5) | 38 (47.5) | 80 | |
| Initiation of ANC visit | ||||
| 1st trimester | 41 (71.9) | 16 (28.1) | 57 | 9.764 (=0.008)** |
| 2nd trimester | 231 (60.0) | 154 (40.0) | 385 | |
| 3rd trimester | 113 (50.9) | 109 (49.1) | 222 | |
| Number of ANC visits | ||||
| 4+ | 64 (76.2) | 20 (23.8) | 84 | 13.087 (< 0.001)*** |
| 1 to 3 | 321 (55.3) | 259 (44.7) | 580 | |
| Number of under 5 children | ||||
| < 1 | 127 (62.0) | 78 (38.0) | 205 | 1.918 (=0.166) |
| > 1 | 258 (56.2) | 201 (43.8) | 459 | |
| Is the pregnancy planned? | ||||
| Yes | 280 (64.2) | 156 (35.8) | 436 | 20.282 (< 0.001)*** |
| No | 105 (46.1) | 123 (53.9) | 228 | |
***P-value < 0.001, **p-value < 0.01, and *P-value < 0.05, indicate the significance differences of the two groups (women with husbands’ involvement and without involvement by indicated variables)