Woman’s age (years) |
Categorized as 15–24, 25–34, >35 years |
Woman’s education |
Categorized as none, primary, and secondary and higher |
Woman’s occupation |
Categorized as not working and working |
Partner’s education |
Categorized as no education, primary, and secondary and higher |
Partner’s occupation |
Grouped as not working and working |
Household wealth index |
Household wealth index was constructed based on ownership of durable items such as radio set, refrigerator, television, motor car, and quality of dwelling such as floor type or roof type using principal component analysis. This resulting index was then categorized into five quintiles: poorest, poorer, middle, rich, and richest |
Place of residence |
Rural or urban |
Area economic disadvantage index |
Constructed using principal component analysis based on: |
1. Proportion of respondents living in rural areas |
2. Proportion of the respondents who were unemployed |
3. Proportion of the respondents living below the poverty level (below 20% quintile) |
4. Proportion of the respondents who were uneducated |
This resulting index was then grouped as either low and high level of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage |