Variable | (mnemonic) | Instrument/composition | Scaling | Scoring (categorization) |
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Brazilian Criterion of Economic Classification | (BCEC) | • Household assets: TV set, DVD set, radio, vacuum cleaner, washing machine, refrigerator, freezer, bathroom, car | Sum of item scores (0–34) | • Stratum A (highest) → score ≥ 25 |
• Stratum B → score ≥ 17-24 | ||||
• Stratum C → score ≥ 11-16 | ||||
• Presence of maid in the household | • Stratum D → score ≥ 6-10 | |||
• Educational status of the main breadwinner | • Stratum E (lowest) → score ≤ 5 | |||
Household conditions | (HOUSE) | • Household density: people per room | Sum of item scores (0–7) | • Maximum (best) → 7 points |
• Type of house floor | • Minimum (worst) → 0 | |||
• Type of garbage/waste disposal system | ||||
• Type of sewage | ||||
Women’s schooling achievements | (EDUC) | • Number of school years concluded | One year intervals | • Maximum → 12 years + |
• Minimum → 0 | ||||
Stressful live events taking place during the latest pregnancy | (STRESS) | • Death of the partner or a close relative | Sum of item scores (0–5) | • Maximum → 5 points (events) |
• Job loss by the women | • Minimum → 0 points (events) | |||
• Job loss by her partner | ||||
• Forced eviction from home | ||||
• Perceived unusual financial problems | ||||
Women’s age at the beginning of the latest pregnancy | (AGE) | • Number of years | One year intervals | • Maximum → 44 years |
• Minimum → 13 years | ||||
Marital status (proxy to the degree of conjugal instability) | (INSTAB) | • Weather woman/mother currently had a partner or not during pregnancy | Composition | • Stable → woman reporting the same spouse throughout the latest pregnancy and thereafter, conditional on the partner being the father of the current child |
• Weather woman/mother currently had a partner or not during the post natal period | ||||
• Weather the referred to partner was the same in both periods | • Unstable → otherwise | |||
• Weather partner was the father of the child | ||||
Children under five at home (proxy to the level of women’s work load and burden) | (UNDR5) | • Simple count | Sum of item scores (0–3) | • Maximum (worst) → 3 children |
• Minimum → 1 child | ||||
Alcohol misuse during pregnancy (couple) | (ALC) | • TWEAK (Tolerance; Worried; Eyeopener; Amnesia; K/Cut-down) [54, 55] → women | Sum of item scores (0–7) [TWEAK] (0–4) [CAGE] | Joint score (women and partner) |
• CAGE (Cut-down; Annoyed; Guilty; Eye-opener) [56–58] → partner | • Maximum (worst) → 10 points | |||
• Minimum (best) → 0 points | ||||
Illicit drugs abuse during pregnancy (couple) | (DRUGS) | • NSDUQ (the Non-Student Drugs Use Questionnaire (NSDUQ) [59] (used on women and partners) | Sum of item scores (0–4) | Joint score (women and partner) |
• Maximum (worst) → 5 points | ||||
• Minimum (best) → 0 points | ||||
Psychological intimate partner violence occurring during pregnancy (couple) | (PSYIPV) | Sum of item scores (0–8) | Joint score (women and partner) | |
• Maximum (worst) → 16 points (+ve) | ||||
• Minimum (best) → 0 points | ||||
Physical intimate partner violence occurring during pregnancy (couple) | (PHYIPV) | Sum of item scores (0–12) | Joint score (women and partner) | |
• Maximum (worst) → 24 points (+ve) | ||||
• Minimum (best) → 0 points | ||||
Common Mental Disorders (women) | (CMD) | Sum of item scores (0–20) | • Maximum (worst) → 20 points (+ve) | |
• Minimum (best) → 0 points |