Associated Factors of Male Participation in Antenatal Care in Muaro Jambi District, Indonesia

Table 3

Relation of respondent characteristics and background with male participation in antenatal care.

Variable	Low participation		High participation			value
		%		%
Age
(i) ≤30 years old	64	70.3	27	29.7	6.568	0.010
(ii) >30 years old	160	55.2	130	44.8
Age of first marriage
(i) <25 years old	113	60.4	74	39.6	0.405	0.524
(ii) ≥25 years old	111	57.2	83	42.8
Number of children
(i) >2	56	65.9	29	34.1	2.270	0.132
(ii) ≤2	168	56.8	128	43.2
Value of children
(i) ≤2 children	148	65.2	79	34.8	9.512	0.002
(ii) >2 children	76	49.4	78	50.6
Income
(i) Low	164	62.4	99	37.6	4.454	0.035
(ii) High	60	50.8	58	49.2
Husband’s education
(i) Low	146	64.0	82	36.0	6.441	0.011
(ii) High	78	51.0	75	49.0
Wife’s education
(i) Low	150	63.3	87	36.7	5.238	0.022
(ii) High	74	51.4	70	48.6
Knowledge
(i) Not good	126	76.4	39	23.6	37.089	0.001
(ii) Good	98	45.4	118	54.6
Distance
(i) Far	17	47.2	19	52.8	2.197	0.138
(ii) Near	207	60.0	138	40.0
Cost
(i) Expensive	66	54.1	56	45.9	1.632	0.201
(ii) Cheap	158	61.0	101	39.0
Transportation
(i) Difficult	16	59.3	11	40.7	0.003	0.959
(ii) Easy	208	58.8	146	41.2
Health insurance
(i) No.	70	58.3	50	41.7	0.015	0.902
(ii) Yes	154	59.0	107	41.0
Service quality
(i) Poor	102	56.7	78	43.3	0.574	0.449
(ii) Good	121	60.5	79	39.5
Attitude
(i) Less friendly	57	59.4	39	40.6	0.018	0.893
(ii) Friendly	167	58.6	118	41.4
Communication
(i) Poor	184	63.9	104	36.1	12.648	0.001
(ii) Good	40	43.0	53	57.0
Social media information
(i) No.	175	64.1	98	35.9	11.208	0.001
(ii) Yes	49	45.4	59	54.6
Culture
(i) Less supportive	75	67.0	37	33.0	4.372	0.037
(ii) Supportive	149	55.4	120	44.6

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