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. 2020 Aug 12;20:741. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05500-2

Table 1.

Explanatory variables for the logistic regression

Variables Expected sign
Poverty (poor = 1, non-poor = 0) +
Residence (urban = 1, rural = 0)
Region (reference = central) +/−
Sex of household head (male = 1, female = 0) +/−
Number of people in the household +
Children below 5 years in the household (yes =1, no = 0) +
Adults above 60 years in the household (yes = 1, no = 0) +
Education of household head (reference: no formal education)
Employment (reference: formal employment)
Marital status (married = 1, not married = 0) +/−

+: Positive, −: Negative, +/−: Indeterminate