Background: In order to slow the current rapid population growth particularly in less developedrncountries, family planning programs have always been considered as the intervention of choice. Thesernprograms, however, are seen to give little attention to the roles that could be played by men regardingrnfamily planning. Different studies focus mostly on the role that is played by women neglecting thosernof men. As a consequence, there is shortage of information on factors which prevent men to berninvolved on family planning in Ethiopia.rnObjective: To assess the role of currently married men in family planning utilization in ruralrncommunities of Jeldu Woreda, West Shoa ZonernMethods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a total of 804 currently married men in the agerngroup of 15-59 years. A total of 6 kebeles were selected from 38 rural kebeles of the Woreda usingrnsimple random sampling method. Study households were selected from each kebeles throughrnsystematic random sampling. A pre-tested, structured questionnaire was used for data collection.rnResults: Virtually all men (91.8%) had heard of family planning, but only 31.4% could correctlyrndefine the term. Nearly two-third of respondent knew presence of male contraceptives, and 92.3% ofrnthem know where to get information about them. About 95.3% of the respondent said family planningrnis important and a similar proportion of them approved use of contraception. About half of studyrnparticipants were currently using at least one method of contraception with their wives. A multivariaternresult showed a significant relationship between knowledge of family planning (AOR=26.03, 95 %CIrn6.180, 109.624), joint decision making (AOR=2.66, 95% CI 1.038, 6.536), decision made by wifernalone (AOR=1.66, 95%CI 1.046, 2.634), possession of radio (AOR=1.46, 95%CI 1.045,2.038) andrncurrent use of family planning.rnConclusion: In conclusion, knowledge of contraceptive method, joint decision making, decision madernby wife alone and possession of radio, were identified as key factors affecting contraceptive usernamong married men in the study area.