Table 3.
Socio-cultural barriers to male involvement in ANC
| Variables |
Wald |
B |
OR |
p-value |
95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridicule from friends does not allow husbands to accompany their partners for ANC | |||||
| Disagree | Ref | ||||
| Agree | 0.65 | 0.31 | 1.36 | 0.42 | 0.64–2.88 |
| It is unacceptable for a man to carry out household chores for his wife when she is pregnant | |||||
| Disagree | Ref | ||||
| Agree | 4.79 | -1.02 | 0.36 | 0.03∗∗ | 0.15–0.90 |
| In our culture, men are prohibited from escorting their wives for ANC | |||||
| Disagree | Ref | ||||
| Agree | 3.23 | 1.44 | 4.23 | 0.07 | 0.88–20.3 |
| Even if a woman is pregnant, she still has to perform her normal duties in the home | |||||
| Disagree | Ref | ||||
| Agree | 0.13 | -0.10 | 0.91 | 0.72 | 0.54–1.53 |
| Husbands will be seen as being controlled by their partners if they escort their wives to ANC | |||||
| Disagree | Ref | ||||
| Agree | 5.56 | -0.80 | 0.45 | 0.02∗∗ | 0.23–0.88 |
∗p < 0.10, ∗∗p < 0.05, ∗∗∗p < 0.01.