Table 5 Male knowledge and attitudes about pregnancy and childbirth in Bauchi and Cross River States, Nigeria
From: Male responsibility and maternal morbidity: a cross-sectional study in two Nigerian states
Bauchi State | Cross River State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Men interviewed | 2433 | 2623 | ||
Weighted | Unweighted | Weighted | Unweighted | |
Know any danger in pregnancy (1) | 31.1% | 31.0% 706/2276 | 37.1% | 35.9% 874/2432 |
Know danger signs in childbirth (2) | 44.7% | 41.7% 947/2273 | 38.1% | 37.8% 921/2435 |
Agree male health workers can do antenatal checkups | 28.6% | 30.4% 714/2352 | 82.2% | 82.1% 2033/2477 |
Agree male health worker can do deliveries | 21.9% | 23.6% 554/2351 | 76.1% | 76.1% 1886/2477 |
Agree it's good pregnant women get together to talk | 94.2% | 95.5% 2243/2350 | 94.3% | 94.4% 2331/2469 |
Agree that women should give up heavy work in pregnancy | 45.1% | 40.2% 944/2351 | 44.4% | 44.3% 1099/2479 |
Agree it's not okay for pregnant women to smoke cigarettes | 77.8% | 80.3% 1888/2352 | 90.6% | 90.7% 2249/2480 |
Agree women with birth complications should deliver at a health facility | 98.3% | 98.5% 2313/2348 | 99.0% | 98.9% 2451/2478 |
Believe women sometimes deserve to be beaten | 9.8% | 8.8% 205/2339 | 29.3% | 29.2% 723/2475 |
Believe “in my culture, it is acceptable for a man to beat his wife” | 7.5% | 6.9% 161/2342 | 20.8% | 20.5% 506/2472 |
Believe violence between a man and a women is private and others should not interfere | 46.3% | 45.6% 1069/2344 | 73.9% | 74.8% 1852/2475 |
Willing to take time to accompany wife if she had danger in childbirth | 70.3% | 68.8% 1531/2226 | 97.6% | 97.4% 2321/2382 |
Willing to spend on transport for wife if she had danger in childbirth | 96.6% | 96.6% 2209/2288 | 86.1% | 87.2% 2118/2429 |
In future, if wife had danger in childbirth, would take her to health facility | 96.2% | 96.9% 2203/2273 | 92.7% | 93.5% 2279/2438 |
Main source of information on pregnancy and childbirth | ||||
Don't get any | 4.1% | 4.2% 96/2316 | 2.4% | 2.6% 63/2468 |
Family/friends | 26.5% | 26.3% 610/2316 | 23.6% | 24.2% 596/2468 |
Media | 43.3% | 39.1% 905/2316 | 17.0% | 16.9% 417/2468 |
Health worker | 26.0% | 30.3% 702/2316 | 55.3% | 54.5% 1344/2468 |