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. 2020 Jul 21;6(7):e04434. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04434

Table 4.

Health facility barriers to male involvement in ANC

Variables
Wald
B
OR
p-value
95% CI
Cost of healthcare prevents husbands from accompanying their partners for ANC
 Disagree Ref
 Agree 0.03 -0.07 0.94 0.87 0.41–2.12

Long waiting time at the health facility does not allow men to accompany their partners for ANC
 Disagree Ref
 Agree 7.50 -0.57 0.57 0.01∗∗ 0.38–0.85

Ridicule from health workers prevents husbands from accompanying their partners for ANC
 Disagree Ref
 Agree 0.35 -0.22 0.80 0.56 0.38–1.68

Not involving husbands in anything that occurs at the health facility during ANC makes them reluctant to accompany their partners to the facility
 Disagree Ref
 Agree 0.19 0.19 1.21 0.67 0.52–2.82

Male partners do not have enough time to accompany their partners for repeated ANC visits
 Disagree Ref
 Agree 4.22 -0.49 0.61 0.03∗∗ 0.39–0.98

Lack of space to accommodate male partners in ANC clinics makes it difficult for them to attend ANC with their partners
 Disagree Ref
 Agree 0.81 0.42 1.52 0.37 0.61–3.75

Distance to health facilities makes it difficult for male partners to attend ANC with their partner
 Disagree Ref
 Agree 3.99 0.93 2.13 0.04∗∗ 1.19–6.36

∗p < 0.10, ∗∗p < 0.05, ∗∗∗p < 0.01.