Table 1.

Study variables

Variable	Description/operational definition	Range & value
Induced abortion	Termination of pregnancy by any means or person other than spontaneously (excludes miscarriage)	Induced=0 Not induced=1
Age	Completed years of life	15–49
Marital status	Legal union of a couple (are you married?)	Yes=0 No=1
Level of education	Level of formal education attained	No formal education= 0 Basic up to junior high school=1 Secondary school or higher=2
Residence	Place of usual abode as classified by the Hohoe Municipal Assembly according to population and social amenities available	Urban=0 Peri-urban=1 Rural=2
Employment status	Daily occupation	Formal sectors employment=0 Self-employed=1 Unemployed=2 Housewife=3
Reasons for having abortion	Reasons as provided by respondents (one reason per respondent who had had an abortion)
Providers of abortion	As named by respondents (one per respondent who had had an abortion)
Abortion venues	As reported by respondents (one per respondent who had had an abortion)
Abortion instruments	As reported by respondents (one per respondent who had had an abortion)
Reasons for abortion as given to respondents by friends	As reported by respondents (one reason allowed per respondent whose friend had had an abortion)