Rural-Urban Determinants of Receiving Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in Bangladesh: Evidence from National Survey 2017-18

Table 1

Variable definitions and coding for analysis.

Variable name	Code	Variable category
Skilled birth attendants	0	Unskilled
	1	Skilled
Place of residence	1	Urban
	2	Rural
Division	1	Barisal
	2	Chittagong
	3	Dhaka
	4	Khulna
	5	Mymensingh
	6	Rajshahi
	7	Rangpur
	8	Sylhet
Respondent’s education level	0	No education
	1	Primary
	2	Secondary
	3	Higher
Husband’s education level	0	No education
	1	Primary
	2	Secondary
	3	Higher
Respondent’s employment status	0	Unemployed
	1	Employed
Wealth index	1	Poorest
	2	Poorer
	3	Middle
	4	Richer
	5	Richest
Media exposure	1	No
	2	Yes
Respondent’s age at first birth	1	<20 age
	2	20–34
	3	35–49
Children’s birth order	1	1
	2	2-3
	3	4-5
	4	6+
Number of ANC visits	1	0
	2	1–3
	3	4+