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

Table 6

Socio‐demographic determinants of women’s perspective about male partner companionship during labour and childbirth.

Characteristics	Unadjusted model		Adjusted model
	OR(95%CI)		AOR(95%CI)
Age (in years)
<20	1.00
20–29	1.93(0.21, 18.22)	0.564
30–39	1.00(0.11, 9.38)	1.00
40–48	0.92(0.073, 11.58)	0.946
Marital status
Unmarried	1.00
Married	3.80(0.62, 23.42)	0.150
Religion
Christianity	1.00
Islam	0.42(0.19, 0.95)	0.036
Education Level
No formal Education	1.00		1.00
Primary/JHS	2.25(0.89, 5.71)	0.088	1.94(0.68, 5.57)	0.217
Secondary	5.11(2.23, 11.72)	<0.001	4.91(1.69, 14.27)	0.004
Tertiary	6.19(2.36, 16.25)	<0.001	9.75(2.51, 37.91)	0.001
Employment status
Informal employment	1.00
Formal employment	1.12(0.38, 3.33)	0.839
Unemployed	0.46(0.18, 1.18)	0.108
Number of pregnancies
One	1.00
Two	1.76(0.72, 4.29)	0.214
Three	0.63(0.28, 1.41)	0.258
Four or more	0.95(0.37, 2.44)	0.905
Previous mode of delivery
Vaginal birth	1.00
Caesarean delivery	3.67(1.07, 12.60)	0.039