Variable | Definition |
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Facility-based delivery | (0/1) if the birth took place in a health facility (private, public or nongovernmental) |
Wealth | Wealth quintiles derived using principal components analysis and household assets |
Distance to health facility | (0/1) if the mother responded to the question “Many different factors can prevent women from getting medical advice or treatment for themselves. When you are sick and want to get medical advice or treatment, is the distance to the health facility” a big problem |
Mother’s education: | Mother’s education attainment: (1) None; (2) Incomplete Primary; (3) Complete Primary; (4) Secondary or more |
Partner’s education: | Partner’s education attainment: (1) None; (2) Incomplete Primary; (3) Complete Primary; (4) Secondary or more |
Mother watches TV | (0/1) if the mother watches television at least once a week |
Mother’s employment | Mother’s employment status: (1) Agriculture; (2) None; (3) Manual; (4) Professional/Services |
Partner’s employment | Partner’s employment status: (1) Agriculture; (2) None; (3) Manual; (4) Professional/Services |
Multiple birth | (0/1) if the child is a twin, triplet, etc. |
Previously terminated pregnancy | (0/1) if the mother ever had a terminated pregnancy |
Child’s birth order | Birth rank of the child: (1) first-born child of the woman; (2) 2nd to 4th child; (3) child of birth order 5 or more |
Mother’s age at birth | Mother’s age at the birth of the child: (1) 15–19; (2) 20–29; (3) 30–49 |
Mother’s marital status | Mother marital status: (1) Married; (2) Living together; (3) Other |
Religion | Mother’s religion: (1) Catholic; (2) Protestant; (3) Islam; (4) Other |