<![CDATA[Up to now, male participation in Family Planning in Indonesia has been very low. The achievement of active condom acceptor program in North Sumatera Province in 201I was 18.7% and active acceptors of MOP (Male Operation Method) were 53.2%. The achievement of condom Family Planning acceptors in Serdang Bedagai District was I3.l%, while the achievement of MOP acceptors was 55.2%. Celawan Village is one of the villages in Pantai Cermin Subdistrict, Serdang Bedagai District, which has high male participation in Family Planning: condom was 5.5% and MOP was 1.0%.The objective of the research was to reduce some factors which influenced male participation in Family Planning program which included predisposition factors (knowledge and attitude), support (access to service and facilities), and motivation (wife's support, family support, and peer group support) at Celawan Village, Pantai Cermin Subdistrict, Serdang Bedagai District. The research was survey with cross sectional design. It was conducted from August to November, 2014. The population was 60 husbands of fertile age couples who participated in Family Planning, and all of them were used as the samples. The data were collected by conducting interviews with questionnaires and analyzed by using exploratory method factor analysis.The result showed that statistically the factors that influenced the participation of male in family Planning, were (1) facility factors included family planning facilities, consultation and guidance of family planning officers, the availability of referral transport, (2) participation factors included motivation, understanding of the types of contraception, support for family planning programs, and understanding of the reproductive organs, (3)response factors included access to family planning methods, side effects, cost of short and long term family planning, (4) the location factors included ease to the health facility, the presence of officers, access to information, and the availability of contraceptives, and (5) supporting factors included wife support, support for becoming family planning cadres in choosing family planning methods. All five of these factors has the power of 69,5% able to explain the influence of the participation of male in family planning.Keywords: Factor Analysis, Male Participation, Family Planning]]>
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