Table 2 Relationship between different aspects and husbands’ involvement in MNH care during pregnancy, childbirth and after birth (N = 1367)
Background characteristics | Husbands involvement (4–6 aspects) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | OR | P value | AOR | P value | |
Age | |||||
 15–24 years | 48.5 | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 25 or more years | 49.1 | 1.02 | 0.85 | 1.02 | 0.877 |
Education | |||||
 0–5 years of schooling | 53.4 | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 6 or more years of schooling | 48 | 0.81 | 0.084 | 0.99 | 0.928 |
Religion | |||||
 Muslim | 48.7 | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Others (Hindu/Christian etc.) | 55.6 | 1.32 | 0.42 | 1.28 | 0.519 |
Parity | |||||
 Primipara | 48.1 | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Multipara | 49.3 | 1.05 | 0.682 | 0.93 | 0.606 |
Husband living status | |||||
 Lives in within country or abroad | 29.2 | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Lives with wife | 64.5 | 4.39 | 0.000 | 5.07 | 0.000 |
Women involved in income-generating activities | |||||
 No | 48.8 | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Yes | 50.9 | 1.09 | 0.76 | 1.27 | 0.452 |
Wealth quintile | |||||
 Lowest | 49.5 | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Second | 53.5 | 1.18 | 0.346 | 1.00 | 0.994 |
 Middle | 51.1 | 1.07 | 0.701 | 1.19 | 0.421 |
 Fourth | 46.3 | 0.88 | 0.465 | 1.21 | 0.394 |
 Highest | 44.1 | 0.81 | 0.212 | 1.25 | 0.338 |
Joint decision (any of 3 decision aspects taken jointly) | |||||
 No | 40.4 | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Yes | 51.3 | 1.56 | 0.001 | 1.75 | 0.000 |
Women’s preference (4–6 aspects) | |||||
 No | 27.3 | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Yes | 51.9 | 2.87 | 0.000 | 2.94 | 0.000 |