Table 3 Variable definition and codes of selected variables
From: Determinants of postnatal care non-utilization among women in Nigeria
Variable code | Variable name | Original variable categories | How it is coded in this study |
|---|---|---|---|
V008, 011, v222 | Mothers age at birth of child | Difference between Continuous variables measuring date of interview date of birth and last birth to interview were generated and divided by 12 | 15–24 (1) 25–34 (2) 35+ (3) |
M10 | Pregnancy wantedness | Then Later No More | Then (1) Later (2) No more (3) |
V106 | Education | No education Primary Secondary Higher | No education (1) Primary (2) Secondary and Higher (3) |
V502 | Marital status | Never married Currently married Formerly married | Never married (1) Currently married (2) Formerly married (3) |
V717 | Occupation | Not working Prof; tech, manag Clerical Sales Agric-employee Services Skilled manual Unskilled manual | Not Working (1) Formal employment (2) which included prof. and clerical workers Sales (3) Agricultural employment (4) Other (5) which included services, skilled manual and unskilled manual |
V130 | Religion | Catholic Other Christian Islam Traditionalist Other | Christian (1) Islam (2) Traditionalist/other (3) |
V190 | Wealth status | Poorest Poorer Middle Richer Richest | Poor (1) Middle (2) Rich (3) |
V101 | Region | North Central North East North West South East South South South West | South West (1) North Central (2) North East (3) North West (4) South East (5) South South (6) |
V102 | Place of residence | Urban Rural | Urban (1) Rural (2) |
Bord | Birth order | Continuous variable (1–18) | 1–2 (1) 3–4 (2) 5+ (3) |
M18 | Birth size | Very large Larger than average Average Smaller than average Very small | Larger than average (1) Average (2) Smaller than average (3) |
B4 | Child sex | Male Female | Male (1) Female (2) |
M2a, M2b, M2c | Antenatal care use | No Yes | No (1) Yes (2) |
V467d | Distance | Big problem Not a big problem | Big problem (1) Not a big problem (2) |
M15 | Place of delivery | Respondents home Other home Government hospital Govt. health centre Govt. health post Other public Private hospital/clinic Other private medical | Heath facility (1) Non-health facility (2) where respondents home and other home were categorized as non-health facility |