Table 3.
Distribution of respondents’ perception of certain roles men can be involved in pregnancy related care
| Variables (N = 367) | Agree n (%) |
Undecided n (%) |
Disagree n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men do not have an important role to play during pregnancy since it is a woman’s issue to carry the pregnancy | 3 (0.8) | 2 (0.5) | 362 (98.7) |
| Men have roles to play in the care of a woman during and after pregnancy | 362 (98.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.4) |
| There is need for men to be educated on what roles they can play to ensure the woman is healthy before and during pregnancy | 325 (88.6) | 4 (1.1) | 38 (10.3) |
| Men should be involved in the care of the new born | 361 (98.4) | 0 (0.0) | 6(1.6) |
| Providing money to take care of expenses that arise from pregnancy related issues is the only role of men in pregnancy related care | 79 (21.5) | 1 (0.3) | 287 (78.2) |
| The man needs to join the wife in taking decisions that concerns pregnancy | 357 (97.3) | 1 (0.3) | 9 (2.4) |
| Men should attend antenatal clinics with their wives | 92 (25.0) | 19 (5.2) | 256 (69.8) |
| Following your wife to the clinic is a form of idleness | 122 (33.3) | 13 (3.5) | 232 (63.2) |
| Men can assist with diaper changing for the infant | 214 (58.3) | 8 (2.2) | 145 (39.5) |
| Men who are involved in infant stimulation like singing are idle | 151 (41.1) | 6 (1.6) | 210 (57.3) |
| Post-abortion care is primarily a woman’s concern | 27 (7.3) | 4(1.1) | 336 (91.6) |
| Men do not have an important role to play during pregnancy since it is a woman’s issue to carry the pregnancy | 3 (0.8) | 2 (0.5) | 362 (98.7) |