Metode kontrasepsi dapat digunakan para suami tetapi masih kurang penggunaanya. Beberapa metode kontrasepsi dapat digunakan suami meliputi Withdrawal, Condom, dan Vasectomy. Manfaat penelitian ini diharapkan meningkatkan partisipasi suami dalam penggunaan metode kontrasepsi pria yang tepat. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif sederhana untuk menggambarkan pengetahuan dan persepsi tentang metode kontrasepsi pria.Responden dari penelitian ini berjumlah 50 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik non random sampling secara purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukan sebagian besar responden berpengetahuan cukup tentang metode kontrasepsi pria (52%), berpengetahuan cukup tentang cara penggunaan (50%) dan kerugian (48%) metode kontrasepsi pria, sedangkan tentang definisi (78%) dan keuntungan (46%) metode kontrasepsi pria mayoritas responden berpengetahuan baik. Persepsi dari dalam (54%) dan luar diri (56%) sebagian besar positif. Penggunaan metode kontrasepsi pada pria dapat menjadi pilihan dalam merencanakan kehamilan pada istri.

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Contraceptive methods can be used by husbands, but the number of the usage is still insufficient. Some contraceptive methods which can be used by a husband include withdrawal, condom and vasectomy. The benefit of this research was expected to increase husbands' participations to use appropriate male contraceptive methods. This study applied a simple descriptive design to describe the husbands' knowledge and perceptions of contraceptive methods.

The respondents were 50 persons. Samples were selected by non-random sampling technique, namely purposive sampling. The results showed that most respondents had moderate knowlegde about male contraceptive methods (52%), a moderate level of knowledge about the way of using (50%) and the disadvantages (48%) of male contraceptive methods, while about the definition (78%) and the advantages (46%) male contraceptive methods was dominated by respondents with good knowledge. Self internal (54%) and external perceptions (56%) were mostly positive. The use of male contraceptive method can be selected to prevent wife's pregnancy.