The husband’s participation become acceptor in family planning at primary health care Lubuk Buaya’s working area in 2023

The role of the population is as both subject and object of development. In 2022, Indonesia's Human Developmental Index (HDI) was 130th out of 199 countries. The high population and Indonesia's low HDI ranking in the world make the family planning program has been continued to deal with it. The high use of contraceptives among women show the assumption that women are responsible for their reproduction, even though reproduction is a fundamental thing that must be understood and the responsibility of husband and wife. The aim of this research was to obtain in-depth information regarding the factors behind the husband's participation in becoming a family planning acceptor at Primary Health Care Lubuk Buaya’s working area in 2023. The design of this research was qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. This research was conducted in the Lubuk Buaya Community Health Center work area from November 2022 to December 2023. The sampling technique in this research was carried out using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. The main informant in this research was the husband. The technique of data collection used such as indepth interviews, onservation and documentation studies. The technique of data analysis were data reduction, categorization, synthesis and developed working hypotheses. The results of this research showed that there were several categories related to the focus of the research, such as perceptions regarding the use of family planning, attitudes towards using family planning, socialization of male family planning, husband’s knowledge about male family planning, and comfort in using male family planning.