Variable | Categorization | Â |
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Exposure to family planning messages on mass media (phone, television, phone and newspapers/magazines) | Yes and No | Women were asked if they had exposure to family planning mass media messages on each of the four media. Each mass media was asked differently with a yes and no response |
Access to internet | Yes and No | This was self-reported with yes for those who reported using internet while no for those who were not using internet |
Age | 15–19 and 20–24 years | Originally measured as a continuous variable and we categorized it |
Residence | Urban and Rural | Â |
Region | Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western and Northwestern | Â |
Religion | Muslims and Christians and others | Â |
Sex of household head | Male and female | Â |
Level of education | No education, primary, secondary and tertiary | Women were asked about the highest level of education ever attended |
Working status | Yes and No | All women who were working were categorized as a yes and those that were not working as a no |
Wealth index | Richest, richer, middle, poorer and poorest quintiles | Wealth index is a measure of relative household economic status and was calculated by DHS from information on household asset ownership using Principal Component Analysis, which was further categorized into poorest, poorer, middle, richer and richest quintiles |
Having visited a health facility within the last 12Â months | Yes and No | Women were asked if they had visited a health facility within the last 12Â months regardless of the reason with a yes and no response |
Having been visited by a field health worker within the last 12Â months | Yes and No | Women were asked if they had visited by a field health worker within the last 12Â months with a yes and no response |
Problems seeking permission and distance to health facility | No big problems and Big problems | SLDHS had three original categories (no problem, no big problem and big problem) however, after data collection, no woman reported no problem |
Problems with distance to nearest health facility | No big problems and Big problems | SLDHS had three original categories (no problem, no big problem and big problem) however, after data collection, no woman reported no problem |
Parity | None, one and above 1 | Was originally a continuous variable that was categorized |
Marital status | Married and Not married | Married included both formal and informal unions and not-married included all women that were not in formal or informal unions |