Table 4.

Covariate priors for maternal mortality covariate selection

Covariate	Level	Prior
In-facility delivery coverage	1	-
Skilled birth attendance coverage	1	-
Malnutrition (proportion under 2SD)	1	-
Ln(total fertility rate)	1	+
Age-specific fertility rate	1	+
Health system access score	2	-
Antenatal clinic (four visits) coverage	2	-
Antiretroviral (ARV) adjusted HIV prevalence	2	+
Ln(neonatal death rate)	2	+
Education (year per capita)	3	-
Ln(lag-distributed income per capita)	3	-