Research Article

Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Women’s Perspectives on Male Involvement in Antenatal Care, Labour, and Childbirth

Table 5

Socio‐demographic determinants of women's perspective about male partner involvement in ANC.

CharacteristicsUnadjusted modelAdjusted model
OR(95%CI)AOR(95%CI)

Age (in years)
<201.00
20–292.34(0.25, 22.26)0.458
30–391.06(0.11, 9.93)0.961
40–480.92(0.07, 11.58)0.946

Marital status
Unmarried1.001.00
Married9.85(1.59, 60.81)0.01437.58(3.74, 377.75)0.002

Religion
Christianity1.00
Islam1.31(0.66, 2.60)0.446

Education level
No formal education1.001.00
Primary/JHS3.60(1.08, 12.02)0.0373.66(1.01, 13.27)0.048
Secondary3.19(1.34, 7.61)0.0092.16(0.81, 5.75)0.123
Tertiary1.92(0.81, 4.56)0.1401.50(0.58, 3.89)0.400

Employment status
Informal employment1.00
Formal employment0.74(0.26, 2.07)0.564
Unemployed0.67(0.26, 1.74)0.408

Number of pregnancies
One1.001.00
Two0.29(0.10, 0.83)0.0210.19(0.52, 0.67)0.010
Three0.24(0.81, 0.71)0.0100.17(0.04, 0.63)0.008
Four or more0.30(0.09, 0.98)0.0460.22(0.05, 0.96)0.044

Previous mode of delivery
Vaginal birth1.00
Caesarean delivery1.87(0.73, 4.78)0.190