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Table 1 Categorization of independent variables

From: Determinants of quality contraceptive counselling information among young women in Sierra Leone: insights from the 2019 Sierra Leone demographic health survey

Variable

Categorization

 

Exposure to family planning mass media messages

Yes and No

Composite variable where exposure to family planning messages either on radio or television or newspapers or phone texts was a yes

Source of family planning method

Government and private health facilities

-

Access to internet

Yes and No

-

Age

15 to 19 years and 20 to 24 years

-

Residence

Urban and Rural

-

Region

Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western and Northwestern

-

Religion

Muslims and Christians and others

-

sex of household head

Male and female

-

level of education

No education, primary, secondary and tertiary

-

Working status

Yes and No

-

Wealth index

Richest, richer, middle, poorer and poorest quintiles

-

Having visited a health facility within the last 12 months

Yes and No

-

Having been visited by a field health worker within the last 12 months

Yes and No

-

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

Marital status

Married and Not married

Married included both formal and informal unions