Table 1 Summary of study variables
From: Assessing the contextual effect of community in the utilization of postnatal care services in Ghana
Variable name | Variable Description | Coding structure |
|---|---|---|
Dependent variable | ||
 Postnatal care usage | Whether postnatal care was received within 41 days after live birth or not | Categorized, 0 = No, 1 = Yes |
Individual-level variables | ||
 Maternal age | Maternal age in years | Continuous, ranged from 15 to 49 years |
 Marital status | Current marital status | Categorized, 1 = Single, 2 = Cohabitating, 3 = Widow/divorced/separated, 4 = Married |
 Religion | Women’s religious affiliation | Categorized, 1 = Traditional/other, 2 = Muslim, 3 = Christian |
 Ethnicity | Ethnic group of the women | Categorized, 1 = Akan, 2 = Northern tribes, 3 = Ewe, 4 = Ga, 5 = Other |
 Parity | History of births | Categorized, 1 = One birth, 2 = Two births, 3 = Three or more births |
 Educational attainment | Highest educational level | Categorized, 0 = No Education, 1 = Primary, 2 = Secondary/ Higher |
 Wealth status | Wealth status of household | Categorized, 1 = Poor, 2 = Middle, 3 = Rich |
 Employment status | Working status of the women | Categorized, 1 = Not Working, 2 = Working |
Community-level variables | ||
 Community problem with distance to health facility | Perceived problem with distance to a health facility when seeking medical care | Categorized, 0 = not a big problem (short distance), 1 = big problem (long distance) |
 Area of residence | Whether community is rural or urban | Categorized, 0 = Rural, 1 = Urban |
 Community poverty level | Percentage of women who were poor based on wealth status per community | Categorized, 0 = Low (≤50%), 1 = High (> 50%) |
 Community educational level | Percentage of women with at least secondary education per community | Continuous, ranged from 0 to 100 |
 Community unemployment level | Percentage of women without work per community | Continuous, ranged from 0 to 81.3 |