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Table 2 Background characteristics of study population categorized as all vs. those visited FP Centre and their association with usage of FP with partner

From: Male partner approval on the use of modern contraceptive methods: factors determining usage among couples in Kibaha district, Tanzania

All males (n = 365)

p-value

Visited FP Centre (n = 55)

All, N(%)

p-value

Characteristics

Use, N(%)

No use, N(%)

All, N(%)

Use, N(%)

No use, N(%)

Education

No education

22 (10.1)

30 (20.4)

52 (14.3)

< 0.05

2 (5.1)

3 (18.8)

5 (9.1)

> 0.05

Primary

157 (72)

82 (55.8)

239 (65.5)

 

24 (61.5)

8 (50)

32 (58.2)

 

Secondary +

39 (17.9)

35 (23.8)

74 (20.3)

 

13 (33.3)

5 (31.3)

18 (32.7)

 

Age (in years)

18–27

38 (17.4)

33 (22.5)

71 (19.5)

 

11 (28.2)

3 (18.8)

14 (25.5)

< 0.01

28–37

94 (43.1)

66 (44.9)

160 (43.8)

> 0.05

15 (38.5)

5 (31.3)

20 (36.4)

 

38–47

56 (25.7)

34 (23.1)

90 (24.7)

 

9 (23.1)

3 (18.8)

12 (21.8)

 

> 47

30 (13.8)

14 (9.5)

44 (12.1)

 

4 (10.3)

5 (31.3)

9 (16.4)

 

Residency

Rural

82 (37.6)

44 (29.9)

126 (34.5)

> 0.05

15 (38.5)

4 (25)

19 (34.6)

> 0.05

Urban

136 (62.4)

103 (70.1)

239 (65.5)

 

24 (61.5)

12 (75)

36 (65.5)

 

Type of marital Union

Single

210 (96.3)

136 (92.5)

346 (94.8)

0.05

37 (94.9)

14 (87.5)

51 (92.7)

< 0.001

Polygamous

8 (3.7)

11 (7.5)

19 (5.2)

 

2 (5.1)

2 (12.5)

4 (7.3)

 

Number of Children

One

49 (22.5)

49 (33.3)

98 (26.9)

< 0.05

10 (25.6)

6 (37.5)

16 (29.1)

> 0.05

Two

59 (27.1)

30 (20.4)

89 (24.4)

 

12 (30.8)

1 (6.3)

13 (23.6)

 

Three

46 (21.1)

27 (18.4)

73 (20)

 

7 (18)

5 (31.3)

12 (21.8)

 

More than three

64 (29.4)

41 (27.9)

105 (28.8)

 

10 (25.6)

4 (25)

14 (25.5)

 

Total

218

147

365

 

39

16

55