Table 1.

List of Study Variables

Variables	Indicators	Operational definition	Scale of Measurement
Adherence to IPTp	Adherence	3 or more doses of IPTp-SP	Binary
Sociodemographic	Age	Age of respondents in years	Continuous
	Marital Status	Marital status of respondents	Categorical
	Religion	Religion of respondents	Categorical
	Educational Level	Educational level attained	Categorical
	Employment status	Unemployed, Employed or Self-employed	Categorical
	Occupation	Current occupation of respondents	Categorical
	Parity	Number of live births	Continuous
ANC Attendance and Obstetric Characteristics	Number of ANC Visits	Number of ANC visits during most recent pregnancy	Binary
	Gestational age at first ANC visit	The age of pregnancy (fetus) in weeks at which first ANC visit was made	Continuous
	Gestational age at first IPTp-SP dose	The age of pregnancy (fetus) in weeks at which first IPTp-SP dose was received	Continuous
Individual factors	Knowledge level on Malaria, MiP and IPTp	Knowledge measured by answers to questions	Categorical
Health System / Institutional factors	SP availability	Availability of SP at time of data collection	Binary
	Access to IPTp Services	Provision of IPTp-SP services at health facility	Binary
	Knowledge level of ANC Health Workers on new IPTp-SP policy recommendation	Knowledge measured by answers to questions.	Categorical
	Training of ANC Healthcare Workers	ANC Healthcare workers who had formal training on IPTp.	Binary
	DOT practices	Practice of DOT for IPTp delivery.	Binary