Research Article

Structural Determinants in Family Planning Service Utilization in Ethiopia: EDHS 2011 Analysis

Table 1

Predictor variables for current family planning utilization.

SnVariableVar. namesVariable labels

Dependent variables
Current FP utilizationFP.current0 = no, 1 = yes
Independent variables [individual level]
AgeAgeNumeric
Respondent education Highest.educ None, primary, secondary, and higher
Religion Religion Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, traditional, and other
Respondent occupationResp.ocupnAgricultural, manual, not working, professional, sales, and services
Income income Poorest, poorer, middle, richer, and richest
Residence typeResidence.typeUrban, rural
Household size hhld.number<2,  3–5,  6–9,  ≥10
Husband occupationHusband.ocupn Agricultural, manual, not working, professional, sales, and services
Husband education Husband.educ None, primary, secondary, and higher
Hhld. relation Hhld.relation Head, wife, daughter, sister, other relatives, and others
Hhld. head sexHhld.head.sexMale, female
Media exposureMedia exposureCont. 0–6
FP knowledgeFP.knowledgeNo, modern, traditional, and folkloric
Independent variables [cluster level]
Highest income proportionprop.incProportion of respondents in the richest income group
Proportion. Media userprop.mediaProportion of media utilizer above or equal to 3 (respondents)
Proportion extension visitprop.xtProportion respondents having health extension visit per cluster
Primary complete proportionprop.primaryProportion of respondents who completed primary schools per cluster