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Table 5 Variables of interest

From: Impact of free maternal health care policy on maternal health care utilization and perinatal mortality in Ghana: protocol design for historical cohort study

Item

Label

Name

Recoding

Binary V

1

Respondent holds valid NHIS card

S1015

Holds a valid NHIS card (with or with no evidence) = 1

No valid NHIS card = 0

Vid_1

2

Respondent hold valid NHIS card

S1015

Holds a valid NHIS card (with evidence) = 1

No valid NHIS card plus (holds a valid NHIS card with no evidence) = 0

Vid_2

3

Number of ANC visit during pregnancy

m14

Antenatal visits 0–3 = 0

Antenatal visits ≥ 4 = 1

anc4

4

 

m15

Home delivery = 0

All facility delivery = 1

fdelivery

5

Age at death

b6

Alive after day 0 = 0

Born dead/died on day 0 = 1

stillbirth

6

Age at death

b6

Did not die before 7th day = 0

Died before 7th day of life = 1

prdeaths

7

Age at death (months imputed)

b7

Did not die before 28th day = 0

Died before 28th day of life = 1

neodeaths