Variable | Definition |
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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 36Â weeks | Presence of malaria parasites in the peripheral blood of pregnant women, categorized as either yes or no |
Hb level at 36Â weeks | Either Hb values less than 11Â g/dl or Hb levels more than 11Â g/dl, categorized as either yes or no |
Delivery of LBW babies | Live-singleton babies who were weighed at delivery, either weight less than 2.5Â kg or weight more than 2.5Â kg |
Delivery of stillbirth babies | Babies who are born dead after 37 complete weeks of gestation |