Table 2 Men’s Inclusion in Family Planning activities
Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Ever accompanied wife/partner to FP Clinic | ||
Yes | 17 | 6.6 |
No | 236 | 92.2 |
Participants’ understanding of FP (n = 255) | ||
Spacing the birth intervals of children | 89 | 34.9 |
Limiting the number of children | 149 | 58.4 |
A means by ‘the white man’ to reduce the population of Africans | 9 | 3.5 |
It is a means to give power to women | 7 | 2.7 |
It is a means to destroy marriages | 1 | 0.4 |
Discuss use of FP methods with wife/partner? | ||
Yes | 79 | 30.8 |
No | 174 | 68.0 |
Not applicable | 3 | 1.2 |
Wife/partner currently using any FP methods? | ||
Yes | 54 | 21.1 |
No | 186 | 72.7 |
Don’t know | 16 | 6.3 |