From: Geographical hotspots and correlates of early sexual debut among women in Ghana
Variables and their classification | Coding | Type |
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Demographic covariates | ||
Current age of respondent | Continuous | |
Marital status | Married = 0, Co-habiting = 1, Not in union = 2 | Categorical |
Parity | Continuous | |
Socioeconomic covariates | ||
Educational attainment | No formal education = 0, Middle = 1, Primary = 2, Junior High School = 3, Senior High School = 4, Higher = 5 | Categorical |
Religious affiliation | Catholic = 0, Protestant = 1, Pentecostal/Charismatic = 2, Other Christians = 3, Islam = 4, Traditionalist = 5, Other = 6 | Categorical |
Household wealth status | Lowest = 0, Second = 1, Middle = 2, Fourth = 3, Highest = 4 | Categorical |
Relation to household head | Head = 0, Spouse = 1, Son/daughter = 2, Son/daughter-in-law = 3, Grandchild = 4, Brother/sister = 5, Other relative = 6, Not related = 7 | Categorical |
Type of place of residence | Urban = 0, Rural = 1 | Categorical |
Reads newspaper | At least once a week = 0, Less than once a week = 1, Not at all = 2, Cannot read = 3 | Categorical |
Listens to radio | At least once a week = 0, Less than once a week = 1, Not at all = 2 | Categorical |
Watches television | At least once a week = 0, Less than once a week = 1, Not at all = 2 | Categorical |
Pregnancy outcome covariates | ||
Ever had miscarriage | No = 0, Yes = 1 | Categorical |
Ever had abortion | No = 0, Yes = 1 | Categorical |
Ever had a stillbirth | No = 0, Yes = 1 | Categorical |