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Table 1 the description of some of the independent variables

From: Multilevel analysis of the predictors of completion of the continuum of maternity care in Ethiopia; using the recent 2019 Ethiopia mini demographic and health survey

Variables

Definitions/Categories

Age of the mothers (in years)

The age of the mother was coded as 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, and 45-49; however, during data cleaning some of the categories lack or have very limited participants, thus, we regrouped into 15-24, 25-34, and 35-49

Religion

Religion was coded as Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, traditional, other. Depending on the number of participants, we sum up Protestant, Catholic, and Traditional, as “Others”. And, we regrouped into Orthodox, Muslim, and others

Marital status

Marital status was coded as married, never in the union, living with a partner, widowed, divorced, and no longer living together/separated; but, participants from the last five were very few, so, we categorized in to married and unmarried by living married alone and classified all else.

Timing of first ANC visit

The timing of first ANC visit was classified in to “early” if a woman attended ANC visit within the first 12 weeks of gestation, and “late” if she attended ANC visit after 12 weeks of gestation.

Birth order

Birth order was a count number ranging from 1 to 15; however, we regrouped into 1st, 2nd, and third and above

Parity

The total number of children ever born was a count number ranging from 1 to 15; however, we regrouped into Primiparous (1), multiparous (2 to 4), and grand-multiparous (≥ 5)

Preceding birth interval

Preceding birth interval was coded from 1 to 219 months in the dataset; however, during data cleaning some of the categories lack or have very limited participants, thus, we regrouped into ≤ 23, and ≥ 24 months.

Number of a household member

The number of household size was a count number ranging from 1 to 24; however, during data cleaning some of the categories lacked or have very limited participants, so, we recoded into ≤ 5 and ≥ 6.