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Table 1 Definition of independent variables

From: Predictors of optimal uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and outcome of pregnancy in selected health facilities: a cross-sectional study in Northern Ghana

Variable

Definition

Age

Age in years, grouped as < 24, 25–29, 30–34. 35 + 

Residence

Either urban, peri-urban or rural

Marital status

Either married or not

Educational level

Highest education attained, classified as none, primary, secondary, college/tertiary

Occupation

Grouped as farmers, artisan, salaried worker, trading, unemployed, others

Religion

Religious affiliation, categorized as Christians or Muslims

Ethnicity

Classified as Dagombas or others

Gravidae

Classified as primigravidae, secundigravidae, multigravidae

Parity

Number of live births, further grouped as nulliparous, primiparous, multiparous

No of ANC visits

Total number of ANC visits, grouped as 1–3 and 4 + 

Trimester at 1st ANC

Gestation at the start of ANC, grouped as 1st 2nd and 3rd trimester

MiPs at 36 weeks

Presence of malaria parasites in the peripheral blood of pregnant women, categorized as either yes or no

Hb level at 36 weeks

Either Hb values less than 11 g/dl or Hb levels more than 11 g/dl, categorized as either yes or no

Delivery of LBW babies

Live-singleton babies who were weighed at delivery, either weight less than 2.5 kg or weight more than 2.5 kg

Delivery of stillbirth babies

Babies who are born dead after 37 complete weeks of gestation