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.