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. 2016 Dec 2;11(12):e0167268. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167268

Table 1. Data description, The Philippines Demographic and Health Survey.

Variable Definition
Facility-based delivery (0/1) if the birth took place in a health facility (private, public or nongovernmental)
Locality (0/1) if household resides in a rural or urban area
Wealth Wealth tertiles derived using principal components analysis and household assets
Mother watches TV (0/1) if the mother watches television at least once a week
Mother’s marital status Mother marital status: (1) Married; (2) Living together; (3) Other
Mother's education: Mother's education attainment: (1) None; (2) Incomplete Primary; (3) Complete Primary; (4) Secondary or more
Religion Mother's religion: (1) Catholic; (2) Protestant; (3) Islam; (4) Other
Mother’s employment Mother’s employment status: (1) Agriculture; (2) None; (3) Manual; (4) Professional/Services
Partner’s employment Partner’s employment status: (1) Agriculture; (2) None; (3) Manual; (4) Professional/Services
Distance to health facility (0/1) if the mother responded to the question “Many different factors can prevent women from getting medical advice or treatment for themselves. When you are sick and want to get medical advice or treatment, is the distance to the health facility” a big problem
Child’s birth order Birth rank of the child: (1) first-born child of the woman; (2) 2nd to 4th child; (3) child of birth order 5 or more
Mother's age at birth Mother's age at the birth of the child: (1) >20; (2) 20–29; (3) 30–39; (4) 40–49
Geography Household's regional location: (1) NCR; (2) CAR; (3) Ilocos; (4) Cagayan Valley; (5) Central Luzon; (6) CALABARZON; (7) MIMAROPA; (8) Bicol; (9) Western Visayas; (10) Central Visayas; (11) Eastern Visayas; (12) Zamboanga Peninsula; (13) Northern Mindanao; (14) Davao Peninsula; (15) SOCCSKSARGEN; (16) Caraga; (17) ARMM