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. 2017 Mar 14;14:42. doi: 10.1186/s12978-017-0304-7

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics, weighted means

VARIABLES N N 1 Min. Max. Mean Standard deviation
Age of mother 13693 14.0 48.0 28.682 5.509
Parity 13731 1.0 9.0 2.012 1.100
Number of living children 13731 0.0 12.0 1.606 0.966
Woman counselled on PPIUD? 13416 13362 0.0 1.0 0.996 0.060
Number of counselling locations 13731 0.0 4.0 1.871 1.173
Counselling Location:
 Home (1 = yes) 13416 4119 0.0 1.0 0.307 0.461
 Field Clinic (1 = yes) 13160 9449 0.0 1.0 0.718 0.450
 Hospital Clinic (1 = yes) 13160 5475 0.0 1.0 0.416 0.493
 Hospital Ward (1 = yes) 13156 5683 0.0 1.0 0.432 0.495
PPIUD Positive Counselling Quality Indicators:
 Could mention at least one risk? 13117 11438 0.0 1.0 0.872 0.334
 Client informed about alternatives? 13121 12281 0.0 1.0 0.936 0.245
 Client given opportunity to ask questions? 13073 12001 0.0 1.0 0.918 0.275
 Given PPIUD information leaflet? 13056 6450 0.0 1.0 0.494 0.500
PPIUD Negative Counselling Quality Indicators:
 Could not mention at least one benefit? 13117 1102 0.0 1.0 0.084 0.277
 Dissatisfaction with PPIUD counselling? 12659 1342 0.0 1.0 0.106 0.307
PPIUD Insertion:
 PPIUD inserted? 13731 672 0.0 1.0 0.049 0.216
Total 13731

Notes: N 1 is the proportion of respondents who responded “yes” to the binary variable and is calculated by multiplying the sample size N by the weighted mean. Sample means are weighted by inverse probability weights