Table 1. Description of predictor variables.

Name of predictor variable	Measure
Age	Coded as 15–19 and 20–24 years
Parity	A dichotomous variable coded as 1 if the respondent had one child and 2 if the respondent had two or more children
Pregnancy desire	A dichotomous variable coded as 1 if the respondent wanted to get pregnant then and 2 if she did not want to get pregnant or wanted to get pregnant later
Sex of household head	Coded as 1 = if respondent was living in a male-headed household at the time of the survey; 0 = otherwise.
Number of ANC visits	Coded as 1 if the respondent had no or less than four ANC visits and 2 if the respondent had at least four ANC visits
Education level	Dummy variables for highest educational attainment classified into two categories: no education or primary education and secondary and above
Religion	Dummy variables for religious affiliation, re-coded into four categories: 1. Catholics, 2. Protestants, 3. Muslims 4. Other religions
Wealth index	Dummy variables for DHS household wealth index that is developed from household assets and constructed by principle component analysis. The PCA scores are classified as poorest, poorer, middle, richer, and richest wealth quintiles
Occupation	Dummy variables for occupation recoded as not working, those employed in the agriculture sector, professionals, and labourers
Place of residence	Coded as 1 if the respondent was residing in rural areas and 2 if the respondent was residing in urban areas
Region	Dummy variables for region coded into four categories: central, east, north and west
Access to newspapers	Dummy variables for access to newspapers categorised into three categories as no access, less frequent access or some access and more frequent access or daily access
Access to radio	Dummy variables for access to radio categorised into three categories: no access, less frequent access or some access and more frequent access or daily access
Access to television	Dummy variables for access to television categorised into three categories as no access, less frequent access or some access and more frequent access or daily access