Research Article

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 2

Factors associated with men’s awareness of danger signs of obstetric complications at Chencha district of southern Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables Male awareness (%)COR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
YesNo

Household characteristics
Residences
 Rural296 (48.5)314 (51.5)4.38 (3.01, 6.39)8.41 (4.99, 14.2)
 Urban40 (17.7)186 (82.3)11
Wealth index quintile
 Lowest106 (63.1)62 (36.9)11
 Second80 (47.1)90 (52.9)4.23 (2.56, 698)1.83 (0.94, 3.57)
 Middle67 (40.9)97 (59.1)3.29 (1.98, 5.46)1.53 (0.82, 2.86)
 Fourth54 (32.3)113 (67.7)2.27 (1.36, 3.81)1.23 (0.67, 2.25)
 Highest29 (17.4)138 (82.6)8.14 (4.89, 13.5)3.09 (1.51, 6.34)
Role in health development army
 Leader90 (31.7)194 (68.3)11
 Member151 (43.0)200 (57.0)1.63 (1.17, 2.26)0.80 (0.52, 1.24)
 Neither of the two95 (47.7)106 (53.3)1.93 (1.33, 2.81)0.43 (0.26, 0.72)
Husband characteristics
Age of husband
 ≤192 (40.0)3 (60.0)1.69 (0.25, 11.6)
 20–2967 (35.1)124 (64.9)1.38 (0.64, 2.94)
 30–39176 (47.6)194 (52.4)2.31 (1.12, 4.78)
 40–4980 (34.6)151 (65.4)1.35(0.64–2.85)
 50–5911 (28.2)28 (71.8)1
Partner/wife characteristics
Occupation status of wife
 Housewife236 (38.0)385 (62.0)11
 Farmer 13 (18.8)56 (81.2)0.38 (0.23, 0.71)0.52 (0.24, 1.15)
 Weaver 8 (80.0)2 (20.0)6.53 (1.37, 30.9)5.94 (1.07, 33.0)
 Government employee 34 (66.7)17 (33.3)3.26 (1.78, 5.97)1.11 (0.51, 2.43)
 Others (private work)45 (52.9)40 (47.1)1.85 (1.16, 2.89)0.77 (0.41, 1.42)
Reproductive characteristics
Number of alive children in the family
 ≤129 (50.0)29 (50.0)1.54 (0.89, 2.62)0.50 (0.27, 0.93)
 2 or more307 (39.5)471 (60.5)11
Place of delivery
 Home171 (34.4)326 (65.6)11
 Public hospital83 (60.1)55 (39.9)2.88 (1.95, 4.24)2.09 (1.29, 3.37)
 Public health center57 (41.6)80 (58.4)1.39 (0.92, 2.00)1.99 (1.21, 3.28)
 Health post25 (39.1)39 (60.9)1.22 (0.72, 2.09)2.16 (1.06, 404)

Note: value: <0.05; <0.001.