Table 2.

Socio-demographic barriers to male involvement in ANC

Variables	Wald	B	OR	p-value	95% CI
Age of partner
20-29	Ref
30-39	1.58	-0.53	0.59	0.21	0.26–1.35
40-49	0.65	-0.39	0.68	0.42	0.26–1.76
50-59	3.08	-0.76	0.47	0.03∗∗	0.35–0.86
Marital status of partner
Married	Ref
Cohabiting	1.19	-0.40	0.67	0.28	0.33–1.38
Separated/Divorced	4.85	-1.05	0.35	0.03∗∗	0.14–0.89
Educational level of partner
No formal education	Ref
Primary	0.57	0.43	1.54	0.45	0.50–4.74
JHS	0.02	0.07	1.08	0.90	0.34–3.41
SHS	0.04	0.13	1.14	0.85	0.30–4.28
Tertiary	1.38	-0.94	0.39	0.24	0.08–1.87
Occupation of partner
Unemployed	Ref
Self-employed	1.45	-0.98	0.38	0.23	0.08–1.85
Civil/Public servant	0.17	-0.36	0.70	0.68	0.13–3.79
Religion of partner
Christianity	Ref
Other	0.13	-0.10	0.91	0.72	0.54–1.53
No. of Children of partner
1 child	Ref
2–4 children	0.06	0.09	1.09	0.81	0.53–2.26
5 or more children	0.43	-0.36	0.70	0.51	0.24–2.05
Living with partner
No	Ref
Yes	6.00	0.78	2.17	0.01∗∗	1.17–4.04

∗p < 0.10, ∗∗p < 0.05, ∗∗∗p < 0.01.