Table 5.

Association Between Male Engagement^a and ANC and MH as Reported by Male Study Participants in Tanzania

Variables	Frequency, n	Percentage, %	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Female ate more food during pregnancy	335/3959	8.5	1.62 (1.32-1.98)	< 0.001
Female worked less in the household during pregnancy	1721/3964	43.4	1.71 (1.49-1.97)	0.000
Disagree that during pregnancy, women should continue to carry out the same chores as normal	916/3975	23.0	1.04 (.92-1.19)	0.528
Female saw someone for antenatal care	1715/3965	43.3	1.09 (.95-1.26)	0.229
Before becoming pregnant, female took iron tablets	59/901	6.6	1.42 (.92-2.20)	0.117
Exclusively breastfed child under 6 months	610/1476	41.3	1.03 (.83-1.29)	0.771
Introduced complementary foods to child between the age of 6 and 8 months	222/520	42.7	0.83 (.55-1.24)	0.355
Child met guidelines for dietary diversity (4 or more food groups out of 6	564/2000	28.2	0.91 (.76-1.09)	0.287
Spent time playing with child in the last week	1885/4217	44.7	1.20 (1.04-1.37)	0.013

^aMale engagement was defined as the male frequently helping with household chores

Controlled with male education, male age, and wealth