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Table 3 Post-intervention willingness among men to be involved in family planning Jimma zone, Ethiopia, 2014

From: Couple based family planning education: changes in male involvement and contraceptive use among married couples in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

 

Total

Control group

Intervention group

Odds ratio

    

crude

Adjusted

Willingness as reported by the husband

   

Go together to FP service

376/773 (48.6 %)

73/380 (19.2 %)

303/393 (77.1 %)

14.2 (p < 0.001)

10.7 (p < 0.001)

- among those already willing at baseline

309/452 (68.4 %)

55/181 (30.4 %)

254/271 (93.7 %)

34.2 (p < 0.001)

25.3 (p < 0.001)

- among those not willing at baseline

66/320 (20.6 %)

17/198 (8.6 %)

49/122 (40.2 %)

7.15 (p < 0.001)

5.71 (p < 0.001)

Finance costs

341/773 (44.1 %)

66/380 (17.4 %)

275/393 (70 %)

11.1 (p < 0.001)

8.28 (p < 0.001)

- among those already willing at baseline

289/438 (66 %)

51/169 (30.2 %)

238/269 (88.5 %)

17.8 (p < 0.001)

13.9 (p < 0.001)

- among those not willing at baseline

51/334 (15.3 %)

14/210 (6.7 %)

37/124 (29.8 %)

5.95 (p < 0.001)

4.82 (p < 0.001)

Get FP together

223/773 (28.8 %)

5/380 (1.3 %)

218/393 (55.5 %)

93.4 (p < 0.001)

80.6 (p < 0.001)

- among those already willing at baseline

194/306 (63.4 %)

1/82 (1.2 %)

193/224 (86.2 %)

504 (p < 0.001)

460 (p < 0.001)

- among those not willing at baseline

28/465 (6 %)

4/297 (1.3 %)

24/168 (14.3 %)

12.2 (p < 0.001)

10.3 (p < 0.001)

Actual involvement as reported by the wife (only couples using a form of contraception)a

 

Go together to FP service

299/349 (85.7 %)

128/163 (78.5 %)

171/186 (91.9 %)

3.12 (p < 0.001)

3.06 (p < 0.001)

- where the husband was already involved at baseline

180/199 (90.5 %)

80/93 (86 %)

100/106 (94.3 %)

2.71 (p = 0.046)

3.26 (p = 0.024)

- where the husband was not involved at baseline

29/50 (58 %)

17/33 (51.5 %)

12/17 (70.6 %)

2.26 (p = 0.196)

2.31 (p = 0.193)

Finance costs

288/349 (82.5 %)

121/163 (74.2 %)

167/186 (89.8 %)

3.05 (p < 0.001)

3.10 (p < 0.001)

- where the husband was already involved at baseline

166/199 (83.4 %)

58/81 (71.6 %)

108/118 (91.5 %)

4.28 (p < 0.001)

4.10 (p = 0.001)

- where the husband was not involved at baseline

37/50 (74 %)

33/45 (73.3 %)

4/5 (80 %)

1.45 (p = 0.747)

1.01 (p = 0.993)

Get FP together

256/349 (73.4 %)

94/163 (57.7 %)

162/186 (87.1 %)

4.95 (p < 0.001)

4.70 (p < 0.001)

- where the husband was already involved at baseline

120/139 (86.3 %)

28/40 (70 %)

92/99 (92.9 %)

5.63 (p = 0.001)

6.09 (p = 0.001)

- where the husband was not involved at baseline

59/110 (53.6 %)

42/86 (48.8 %)

17/24 (70.8 %)

2.54 (p = 0.056)

2.45 (p = 0.078)

  1. aOnly 249 out of 349 women who answered these questions during the follow up interview also answered them at baseline. As a result, the disaggregated results are only based on a subset consisting of these 249