Abstract:
Background: - Family planning services traditionally targeted women regardless of
the fact that men抯 involvement is equally important and childbearing has an impact
on men抯 life too. However, male involvement in family planning methods is given
less emphasis in Ethiopia. This study was aimed to assess male involvement in
family planning and associated factors among currently married men. This could
help family planning programmers to develop strategies and maximizing participation
of male in contraceptive use.
Methods: - A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from March
25-April 25/2018 using face to face interview. A total of 744 currently married men
were selected by using systematic random sampling technique from the sub city.
Descriptive statistics were done to characterize the respondents using different
variables. Both bi-variable and multi variable logistic regressions were performed
using SPSS version 20 identify factors associated with male involvement in family
planning. P-value less than 0.05 were considered statistical significant.
Result: over all 99.6% married male responded to the interview. About 70% of
currently married men involve in family planning. Age of men 25-30
Conclusion and Recommendations: Although male involvement in modern
contraceptive methods was good even among those respondents, who do not use
contraceptives, the reported level of men current contraceptive use was low. So,
facilitating family planning counseling service is essential to enhance the
participation as well as involvement of men in the use of contraceptives.
Keywords: Male Involvement, Family planning, Ethiopia
