Table 6 Adjusted associations of health outcomes with concordance and discordance of wife’s/husband’s responses to gender indicator variables

Childbearing is a women’s concern

Skilled ANC

 Women yes, men no

0.76 (0.42, 1.38)

0.40

 Men yes, women no

0.77 (0.31, 1.90)

0.60

 Both yes

0.34 (0.15, 0.75)

0.009

Women/both decide to visit wife’s family

Skilled ANC

 Women yes, men no

1.61 (0.84, 3.11)

0.20

 Men yes, women no

1.74 (0.90, 3.35)

0.10

 Both yes

1.85 (1.00, 3.42)

0.05

Women/both sell livestock

Skilled post-delivery check

 Women yes, men no

1.58 (0.29, 8.72)

0.60

 Men yes, women no

4.67 (1.31, 16.70)

0.018

 Both yes

3.42 (0.98, 11.90)

0.054

Women/both make major purchases

Contraception

 Women yes, men no

2.85 (1.13, 7.21)

0.028

 Men yes, women no

1.72 (0.82, 3.63)

0.20

 Both yes

1.92 (0.86, 4.28)

0.11

Women/both sell livestock

Contraception

 Women yes, men no

0.60 (0.19, 1.85)

0.40

 Men yes, women no

2.10 (0.98, 4.48)

0.056

 Both yes

1.18 (0.52, 2.68)

0.70