Table 1.

Categorization of independent variables

Variable	Categorization
Exposure to family planning mass media messages	Yes and No	Composite variable where exposure to family planning messages either on radio or television or newspapers or phone texts was a yes
Source of family planning method	Government and private health facilities	-
Access to internet	Yes and No	-
Age	15 to 19 years and 20 to 24 years	-
Residence	Urban and Rural	-
Region	Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western and Northwestern	-
Religion	Muslims and Christians and others	-
sex of household head	Male and female	-
level of education	No education, primary, secondary and tertiary	-
Working status	Yes and No	-
Wealth index	Richest, richer, middle, poorer and poorest quintiles	-
Having visited a health facility within the last 12 months	Yes and No	-
Having been visited by a field health worker within the last 12 months	Yes and No	-
Problems seeking permission and distance to health facility	No big problems and Big problems	SLDHS had three original categories (no problem, no big problem and big problem) however, after data collection, no woman reported no problem
Problems with distance to nearest health facility	No big problems and Big problems	SLDHS had three original categories (no problem, no big problem and big problem) however, after data collection, no woman reported no problem
Marital status	Married and Not married	Married included both formal and informal unions