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Table 1 Socio-demographic variables of husbands in urban and rural kebele of Kondala district, Western Wollega, Ethiopia, 2019

From: Men’s involvement in family planning service utilization among married men in Kondala district, western Ethiopia: a community-based comparative cross-sectional study

Socio-demographic variables

Urban (푛 = 365)

Rural (푛 =364)

p-value

Age (years)

20–30

78(21.4%)

98(26.9%)

0.14

31–40

196(53.7%)

184(50.5%)

41–50

80(21.9%)

62(17%)

> 50

11(3%)

15(4.1%)

Educational status

No formal education

55(15.1%)

120(33%)

< 0.001*

Primary school

87(23.5%)

120(33%)

Secondary school

128(35.1%)

67(18.4%)

Diploma and above

95(26%)

57(15.7%)

Ethnicity

Oromo

340(93.2%)

277(76.1%)

< 0.001*

Amhara

11(3.0%)

9(2.47%)

Tigre

5 (1.37%)

4 (1.1%

Mao

9(2.5%)

74(20.3%)

Religion

Protestant

74(20.3%)

41(11.3%)

0.001*

Orthodox

71(19.5%)

58(15.9%)

Muslim

220(60.3%)

265(72.8%)

Occupation

Merchant

106(29%)

28(7.7%)

< 0.001*

Government employee

97(26.6%)

32(8.8%)

Farmer

93(25.5%)

287(78.8%)

Daily worker

69(18.9%)

17(4.7%)

Length of time spent

to reach the family planning clinic

< 30 min

340(93.2%)

112(30.8%)

< 0.001*

30–60 min

25(6.8%)

137(37.6%)

> 60 min

115(31.6%)

  1. Note: *Statistically significant at p < 0.05