Table 1 Variables used in the study
Outcome variable | Definition | Category |
|---|---|---|
IPTp-SP uptake | Two or less (≤2) doses is incomplete and three or more (3+) is optimal | ≤2 doses |
3+ doses | ||
Explanatory variable | ||
Residence | Area of woman’s residence (urban or rural) | Rural |
Urban | ||
Education | Level of education of woman | No formal education |
Primary | ||
Secondary or higher | ||
Age | Age group of a woman | 15–19 |
20–24 | ||
25–29 | ||
30–34 | ||
35–39 | ||
40+ | ||
Occupation | Woman’s occupation | Unemployed |
Self-employed | ||
Employed | ||
Wealth | Household’s wealth from which a woman is an occupant | Poorest |
Poorer | ||
Middle | ||
Richer | ||
Richest | ||
Marital status | Marital status of a woman | Married |
Divorced/separated/widowed | ||
Never married | ||
Region | Southern | |
Central | ||
Northern | ||
Parity | Number of birth that a woman had after 20 weeks gestation | One child |
Two children | ||
Three children | ||
Four children | ||
Five or more children | ||
Timing of 1st ANC visit | Age (in months) of the pregnancy a woman visited antenatal care clinic (ANC) for first time | 1st trimester (1–12 weeks) |
2nd trimester (13–26 weeks) | ||
3rd trimester (27+ weeks) | ||
Number of ANC visits | Number of antenatal care visits a pregnant woman made during her gestation period | 4+ |
3 | ||
1–2 | ||