No. Items Wife Husband
n (%) n (%)
1. Pregnancy must be properly planned and not just allow it to happen on its own 25 (29.1) 32 (37.2)
2. A mother who has just delivered and her husband should be given adequate information regarding family planning 35 (40.7) 27 (31.4)
3. Pregnancy should be planned and discussed together between husband and wife 41 (47.7) 36 (41.9)
4. Pregnancy which is too closely spaced should be avoided by using family planning method 29 (33.7) 27 (31.4)
5. Husband should involve during the planning and ensuring the use of contraceptive method by his wife 35 (40.7) 31 (36.0)
6. Modern contraceptive method is more effective than traditional method 20 (23.3) 18 (20.9)
7. The use of contraceptive method will not interfere sexual relationship between husband and wife 19 (22.1) 18 (20.9)
8. Support from husband is important to determine the success of family planning programme 21 (24.4) 17 (19.8)
Table 4: Comparison of proportion of positive attitudes (strongly agree) for questions on attitudes towards family planning among husbands and wives (n=86 couples).