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Table 5 Variable descriptions

From: Utilisation of health services and the poor: deconstructing wealth-based differences in facility-based delivery in the Philippines

Variable

Definition

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