Variables
We sought the following details: socio-demographic profile (age, religion, literacy status, working status, economic status, wife’s literacy and working status, and primary decision-maker in the family regarding timing and place of seeking healthcare during pregnancy), wife’s obstetric details (parity, number of ANC visits, source of ANC, awareness JSY benefits (Janani Suraksha Yojana , safe motherhood scheme- a conditional cash assistance scheme for a woman who delivers in an institution) , husband’s knowledge of key danger signs of pregnancy (vaginal bleeding, swelling all over the body, severe anaemia, high fever, severe headache, fits, blurred vision, and bursting of water bag without labour pain), childbirth (excessive vaginal bleeding, prolonged labour pain, i.e. >12hours, fits and retained placenta) and postpartum (excessive vaginal bleeding, foul-smelling vaginal discharge and high fever), and receiving information on BPCR from an ANM/doctor.
We assessed the husband’s involvement in BPCR based on the following practices: planned four ANC visits for wife, identified the place of delivery, saved money to pay for expenses, identified the mode of transport to the place of childbirth, identified a birth companion, and arranged a blood donor if the need arises.