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Table 1 Covariate selected for the analysis

From: Geographical hotspots and correlates of early sexual debut among women in Ghana

Variables and their classification

Coding

Type

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