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Table 2 Perceived barriers of husbands’ involvement in skilled birth attendant service utilization, Deder town, Oromiya, Ethiopia, 2021, (n = 399)

From: Magnitude of husbands’ involvement in skilled birth attendant service utilization in Deder town, Oromiya, Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percentage

Time took on walking to reach the nearest health facilities

</=30 minutes

228

57.1

> 30 minutes

171

42.9

Cost of the health service

Free

307

76.9

Partially free

92

23.1

Health facilities are open day and night

yes

238

59.6

No

161

40.4

Childbirth is a woman’s affairs and does not require men’s participation

Yes

223

55.9

No

176

44.1

Childbirth is natural phenomenon that should not be given much attention

Yes

393

98.5

No

6

1.5

Discussion with wife about the place of delivery not our culture

Yes

40

10.0

No

359

90.0

Spouses living together

Yes

364

91.2

No

35

8.8