Table 1.

Variables Definitions

Age (years)	Continuous
Birth Order	Continuous
Religion	0. Non-Muslims 1. Muslims
Maternal/Husband’s Formal Education	0. No formal education 1. Primary Education 2. Secondary or Higher Education
Maternal Literacy	0. Could not read sentence or could only read part of a sentence 1. Can read whole sentence
Wanted Pregnancy	0. Wanted their pregnancy no more 1. Wanted their pregnancy then or later
Media Exposure	0. Does not watch television, read newspaper, or listen to radio at least once a week 1. Exposed to one media (tv, newspaper, or radio) outlet at least once a week 2. Exposed to two or three media (tv, newspaper, or radio) outlets at least once a week
Autonomy	0. No ‘say’ in making large household purchases, visiting family, and decisions regarding her own healthcare 1. Has say in one indicator 2. Has say in two indicators 3. Has say in three indicators
Location	0. Rural 1. Urban
Household Wealth Index	1. Poor & Poorest 2. Intermediate 3. Rich & Richest
Lost Pregnancy prior to most recent pregnancy	0. No 1. Yes
Skilled Antenatal Care Provider	0. No 1. Yes

Note: All variables, apart from age and birth order, were left categorical when generating the propensity score. Missing values were negligible. Husband’s education had two missing values and maternal literacy had only one missing value