Table 1.

Independent variables considered for multivariate model inclusion

Sociodemographic determinants	Access to care
Wealth index (standardized)	Barrier to seeking medical care: getting permission
Age
Educational attainment	Barrier to seeking medical care: money
Residence (urban/rural)	Barrier to seeking medical care: distance
Currently working	Barrier to seeking medical care: not wanting to go alone
Religion	Reproductive Preferences
Marital status	Ever terminated pregnancy Age at first sex
Women’s empowerment	Number of children
Home ownership	Ideal number of children
Land ownership	Desire for more children
Health care decision making	Total number of wives
Wife beating justified for refusal to have sex	Age at first marriage/cohabitation ^a
Knowledge and information on family planning methods	Age at first birth
Knowledge of contraceptive method^a	Partner’s desire for more children
Heard family planning messages on radio	Sexual and Reproductive Health Behavior
Saw family planning messages in newspaper/magazine	Sex partners, last 12 months
Saw family planning messages on TV	Sex partners, lifetime
Visited by a family planning health care worker in the last 12 months	Recent sexual activity
Visited a health facility in the last 12 months	Contraceptive use and intention^a
	Last source of modern contraceptive^a
	Reason for discontinuation of previous modern method^a

^aVariables excluded from regression models due to potential multicollinearity, not enough responses or theoretical redundancy with other indicators.

Italicized variables are specific to ever married women or women with children