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Table 5.19 Husband/partner's knowledge of women's use ofcontraceptionAmong currently married women age 15-49 who are using a method,percent distribution by whether they report that their husbands/partnersknow about their use, according to background characteristics, Swaziland2006-07Backgroundcharacteristic Knows 1Husband/partner's knowledgeof respondent's use ofcontraceptionDoesnotknowUnsurewhetherknows/missingTotalNumber ofwomenAge15-19 (87.3) (10.3) (2.5) 100.0 3820-24 91.9 6.2 1.9 100.0 16025-29 87.5 7.5 5.0 100.0 20830-34 88.7 8.8 2.4 100.0 24635-39 87.1 8.5 4.4 100.0 18740-44 82.0 14.1 4.0 100.0 12345-49 87.3 9.3 3.3 100.0 82ResidenceUrban 91.5 5.7 2.8 100.0 315Rural 86.1 10.1 3.7 100.0 729RegionHhohho 85.5 9.3 5.1 100.0 322Manzini 91.0 6.9 2.1 100.0 341Shiselweni 86.3 10.5 3.3 100.0 165Lubombo 87.0 9.8 3.2 100.0 215EducationNo education 83.7 12.7 3.6 100.0 71Lower primary 85.2 12.0 2.7 100.0 64Higher primary 84.7 10.6 4.6 100.0 245Secondary 86.7 9.5 3.8 100.0 336High school 91.2 7.1 1.7 100.0 182Tertiary 94.1 2.8 3.1 100.0 145Wealth quintileLowest 83.6 13.3 3.1 100.0 131Second 83.3 14.4 2.4 100.0 158Middle 80.5 11.4 8.1 100.0 205Fourth 91.2 6.9 1.9 100.0 215Highest 93.7 4.0 2.3 100.0 334Total 87.7 8.8 3.5 100.0 1,044Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.1Includes women who report use of male sterilisation, male condoms orwithdrawal5.18 MALE ATTITUDES ABOUT CONTRACEPTIVE USEThe 2006-07 SDHS assessed men’s attitudes toward contraception by asking male respondentswhether they agreed or disagreed with three statements about family planning use: 1) contraception iswomen’s business and a man should not have to worry about it; 2) women who use contraception maybecome promiscuous; and 3) a woman is the one who gets pregnant so she should be the one to getsterilized. Results are shown in Table 5.20.Overall, 12 percent of men say that contraception is a woman’s issue. There are small variationsto this statement according to the man’s age and marital status. However, across regions, men inLubombo are the most likely to agree with this statement (18 percent compared with 11 percent or less).The likelihood of men agreeing with this statement is inversely related to their education and wealth80 | Famity Planning