Research Article
Male Involvement in Maternal Health Care at Anomabo, Central Region, Ghana
Table 3
Sociodemographic factors associated with male involvement in antenatal care, delivery, and postnatal care (
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| | Variable | Antenatal care | Delivery | Postnatal care | | Yes | No | Total | Yes | No | Total | Yes | No | Total |
| | Age | | | | | | | | | | | 20–29 | 3 (17.6) | 14 (82.4) | 17 | 9 (52.9) | 8 (47.1) | 17 | 4 (23.5) | 13 (76.5) | 17 | | 30–39 | 11 (30.6) | 25 (69.4) | 36 | 13 (36.1) | 23 (63.9) | 36 | 7 (19.4) | 29 (80.6) | 36 | | 40–49 | 13 (52) | 12 (48) | 25 | 14 (56) | 11 (44) | 25 | 5 (20) | 20 (80) | 25 | | 50–59 | 8 (36.4) | 14 (63.3) | 22 | 8 (36.4) | 14 (63.6) | 22 | 4 (18.2) | 18 (18) | 22 | | value | 0.12 | | | 0.33 | | | 0.98 | | | | Education of man | | | | | | | | | | | None | 4 (21.1) | 15 (78.9) | 19 | 6 (31.6) | 13 (68.4) | 19 | 3 (15.8) | 16 (84.2) | 19 | | Elementary/JHS | 23 (41.8) | 32 (58.2) | 55 | 27 (49.1) | 28 (50.9) | 55 | 12 (21.8) | 43 (78.2) | 55 | | Secondary/technical | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100) | 6 | 11 (55) | 9 (45) | 20 | 4 (20) | 16 (80) | 20 | | Tertiary | 8 (40) | 12 (60) | 20 | 0 (0) | 6 (100) | 6 | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 6 | | value | 0.10 | | | 0.06 | | | 0.37 | | | | Partners education | | | | | | | | | | | None | 14 (23.7) | 45 (76.3) | 59 | 23 (39.0) | 36 (61.0) | 59 | 14 (23.7) | 45 (76.3) | 59 | | Elementary/JHS | 12 (50.0) | 12 (50.0) | 24 | 12 (50) | 12 (50.0) | 24 | 5 (20.8) | 19 (79.2) | 24 | | Secondary/technical | 2 (20.0) | 8 (80.0) | 10 | 2 (20) | 8 (80.0) | 10 | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) | 10 | | Tertiary | 7 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 7 | 7 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 7 | 0 (0.0) | 7 (100) | 7 | | value | 0.000 | | | 0.01 | | | 0.41 | | | | Type of marriage | | | | | | | | | | | Monogamous | 35 (38.9) | 55 (61.1) | 90 | 44 (48.9) | 46 (51.1) | 90 | 19 (21.1) | 71 (78.9) | 90 | | Polygamous | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100) | 10 | 0 (0) | 10 (100) | 10 | 1 (10) | 9 (90) | 10 | | value | 0.01 | | | 0.000 | | | 0.68 | | | | Employment status | | | | | | | | | | | Formal | 7 (25) | 21 (75) | 28 | 11 (39.3) | 17 (60.7) | 28 | 6 (21.4) | 22 (78.6) | 28 | | Informal | 28 (38.9) | 44 (61.1) | 72 | 33 (45.8) | 39 (54.2) | 72 | 14 (19.4) | 58 (80.6) | 72 | | value | 0.19 | | | 0.55 | | | 0.82 | | | | Religion | | | | | | | | | | | Christian | 21 (32.3) | 44 (67.7) | 65 | 28 (43.1) | 37 (56.9) | 65 | 12 (18.5) | 53 (81.5) | 65 | | Muslim | 8 (32.0) | 17 (68.0) | 25 | 10 (40.0) | 15 (60.0) | 25 | 7 (28.0) | 18 (72.0) | 25 | | Traditional | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | 10 | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | 10 | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) | 10 | | value | 0.26 | | | 0.53 | | | 0.43 | | | | Number of children | | | | | | | | | | | No child yet | 3 (14.3) | 18 (85.7) | 21 | 9 (42.9) | 12 (57.1) | 21 | 5 (23.8) | 16 (76.2) | 21 | | Less than 3 | 23 (51.1) | 22 (48.9) | 45 | 26 (57.8) | 19 (42.2) | 45 | 8 (17.8) | 37 (82.2) | 45 | | More than 3 | 9 (26.5) | 25 (73.5) | 34 | 44 (44.0) | 56 (56.0) | 34 | 7 (20.6) | 27 (79.4) | 34 | | value | 0.01 | | | 0.02 | | | 0.85 | | |
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P value < 0.05 in bold.
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