Factors Associated with Men’s Awareness of Danger Signs of Obstetric Complications and Its Effect on Men’s Involvement in Birth Preparedness Practice in Southern Ethiopia, 2014

Table 1

Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of household, husband, and wives at Chencha district, southern Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables	Frequency	%
Household characteristics
Residence (place of living)
Rural	610	73
Urban	226	27
Marital status
Married	818	97.8
Widowed	7	0.8
Separated	11	1.3
Religion
Protestant	326	39.0
Orthodox	508	60.8
Catholic	2	0.2
Wealth index quintile; (economic status)
Lowest	167	20.1
Second	170	20.3
Middle	164	19.6
Fourth	167	20.0
Highest	168	20.0
Involvements status in HDA; (health development army)
Leader	284	34.0
Member	351	42.0
Neither of the two	201	24.0
Husband/partner characteristics
Age of husband
≤19	5	0.6
20–29	192	22.9
30–39	370	44.2
40–49	231	27.6
50–59	39	4.7
Educational status of husbands
No education	330	39.5
Primary education	235	28.1
Secondary education	151	18.1
Above secondary education	120	14.4
Occupational status of husband
Farmer	355	42.5
Weaver	229	27.4
Merchant	64	7.7
Government employee	108	12.9
Private gainful work	49	5.9
Others (no specified job)	31	3.7