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. 2018 Feb 6;15:2. doi: 10.1186/s12982-018-0071-0

Table 4.

Contextual factors for secondary data extraction

Code Contextual factor Category
1 Structural
2 Situational
Demographic profile
 Dem 1 Total population 1
 Dem 2 % Rural 1
 Dem 3 % Urban 1
 Dem 4 % Female 1
 Dem 5 % Male 1
 Dem 6 Population density (population/km2) 1
 Dem 7 Fertility rate 2
 Dem 8 Average family size 2
 Dem 9 Religion 1
 Dem 10 Ethnicity 1
Epidemiological profile
 Epi 1 Under-5-mortality rate 2
 Epi 2 Maternal mortality rate 2
 Epi 3 Newborn mortality rate 2
 Epi 4 Infant mortality rate 2
 Epi 5 Prevalence of malnutrition 2
 Epi 6 % underweight 2
 Epi 7 % stunting 2
 Epi 8 % severe acute malnutrition 2
 Epi 9 HIV-prevalence 1
 Epi 10 Malaria transmission intensity 2
Health service provision
 HSP1 Number of family planning new users 2
 HSP2 Number of family planning repeat users 2
 HSP3 Number of women attending ANC (1st visit) 2
 HSP4 Number of pregnant women attend 3 or more ANC visits 2
 HSP5 Number of ANC clients receiving HIV test 2
 HSP6 HIV-prevalence in pregnant women 2
 HSP7 Number of pregnant women enrolled in HIV care 2
 HSP8 Number of women delivering in a health facility 2
 HSP9 Number of deliveries attended by skilled birth attendant 2
 HSP10 Number of births protected against NNT 2
 HSP11 Number of institutional maternal deaths 2
 HSP12 Number of institutional neonatal deaths 2
 HSP13 Number of first postnatal attendance 2
Health system
 HS 1 Number of hospitals 2
 HS 2 Number of health centres (or equivalent) 2
 HS 3 Number of health posts (or equivalent) 2
 HS 4 Number of specialised doctor 2
 HS 5 Number of general practioners 2
 HS 6 Number of health officer 2
 HS 7 Number of clinical nurse degree and diploma 2
 HS 8 Number of midwife nurse degree and diploma 2
 HS 9 Number of frontline health workers 2
 HS 10 Number of rural frontline health workers 2
 HS 11 Number of urban frontline health workers 2
 HS 12 Number of ambulances available 2
 HS 13 Overall health budget (allocated) 2
 HS 14 Health budget per capita 2
 HS 15 Available health budget (disbursed) 2
 HS 16 % of budget allocated for maternal and child health 2
 HS 17 % of population within 5 km of a health facility 2
Economics
 Eco 1 Ownership of assets-land/house 1
 Eco 2 Employment rate 1
 Eco 3 Coverage of electricity service 1
 Eco 4 Wealth index (include definition) 1
Infrastructure
 Com 1 Mobile telephone coverage rate 1
 Com 2 Mobile telephone subscriptions 1
 Tran 1 Kilometers of all weather roads 1
 Tran 2 % of local area connected to all weather roads 1
 Wat 1 Proportion of population using improved drinking water source 2
 Wat 2 Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities 2
Education
 Ed 1 Number of primary schools 1
 Ed 2 Number of secondary schools 1
 Ed 3 Primary school net enrolment rate 1
 Ed 4 % Male 1
 Ed 5 % Female 1
 Ed 6 Adult literacy rate 1
 Ed 7 Female literacy rate 1
Environment
 Env 1 Average rainfall (annual in mm) 1
 Env 2 Area affected by floods and rain (in hectares) 1
 Env 3 Area affected by drought (in hectares) 1
 Env 4 Total land mass (in hectares) 1

An excel table of the contextual factors identified for secondary data extraction, grouped into categories, coded and labelled as either structural or situational