Variables Male awareness (%) COR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) Yes No Household characteristics Residences Rural 296 (48.5) 314 (51.5) 4.38 (3.01, 6.39) 8.41 (4.99, 14.2) Urban 40 (17.7) 186 (82.3) 1 1 Wealth index quintile Lowest 106 (63.1) 62 (36.9) 1 1 Second 80 (47.1) 90 (52.9) 4.23 (2.56, 698) 1.83 (0.94, 3.57) Middle 67 (40.9) 97 (59.1) 3.29 (1.98, 5.46) 1.53 (0.82, 2.86) Fourth 54 (32.3) 113 (67.7) 2.27 (1.36, 3.81) 1.23 (0.67, 2.25) Highest 29 (17.4) 138 (82.6) 8.14 (4.89, 13.5) 3.09 (1.51, 6.34) Role in health development army Leader 90 (31.7) 194 (68.3) 1 1 Member 151 (43.0) 200 (57.0) 1.63 (1.17, 2.26) 0.80 (0.52, 1.24) Neither of the two 95 (47.7) 106 (53.3) 1.93 (1.33, 2.81) 0.43 (0.26, 0.72) Husband characteristics Age of husband ≤19 2 (40.0) 3 (60.0) 1.69 (0.25, 11.6) — 20–29 67 (35.1) 124 (64.9) 1.38 (0.64, 2.94) 30–39 176 (47.6) 194 (52.4) 2.31 (1.12, 4.78) 40–49 80 (34.6) 151 (65.4) 1.35(0.64–2.85) 50–59 11 (28.2) 28 (71.8) 1 Partner/wife characteristics Occupation status of wife Housewife 236 (38.0) 385 (62.0) 1 1 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 ≤1 29 (50.0) 29 (50.0) 1.54 (0.89, 2.62) 0.50 (0.27, 0.93) 2 or more 307 (39.5) 471 (60.5) 1 1 Place of delivery Home 171 (34.4) 326 (65.6) 1 1 Public hospital 83 (60.1) 55 (39.9) 2.88 (1.95, 4.24) 2.09 (1.29, 3.37) Public health center 57 (41.6) 80 (58.4) 1.39 (0.92, 2.00) 1.99 (1.21, 3.28) Health post 25 (39.1) 39 (60.9) 1.22 (0.72, 2.09) 2.16 (1.06, 404)