Table 1 Variable definition and measurement

 1.

Unmet contraceptive need

Women who desire to delay next pregnancy or limit child birth, but not using any form of contraception

1. Unmet contraceptive need

0. No unmet need

 2.

Age

Current age of respondent

0. 15–24 years

1. 25–34 years

2. 35 years or older

 3.

Education

Maternal level of educational attainment

1. None

2. Primary

3. Secondary

4. Higher

 4.

Age at first marriage

Age of respondent at the first marriage

1. 17 years or less

2. 18–24 years

3. 25 years or older

 5.

Female autonomy

The sole, joint or non-participation of women in three household decision of own healthcare, purchase of large items, and visit to friends and family

1. Full autonomy

2. Joint autonomy

3. No autonomy

 6.

Pregnancy termination

Respondents’ experience of pregnancy termination

1. Never experienced

2. Ever experienced

 7.

Child mortality experience

Whether respondent has experience or never experienced death of a child

1. Never experienced

2. Ever experienced

 8.

Number of living children

Respondent number of children ever born that are alive

1. Four or less

2. Five or more

 9.

Partner education

Educational attainment of respondent male partner

1. None

2. Primary

3. Secondary

4. Higher

 10.

Couple fertility desire

The fertility preference of respondent and the male partner on family size

1. Both want same

2. Husband want more

3. Husband want fewer

4. Don’t know

 11.

Visitation by family planning worker

Whether respondent was visited by a family planning worker in the last 12 months preceding the survey

1. Not visited

2. Visited

 12.

Barriers to healthcare

Whether respondent perceived that getting partner permission to access healthcare, getting money for treatment, or distance to health facility constitute a barrier to accessing healthcare

1. No barrier

2. At least one barrier

 13.

Community education level

The proportion of women who had at least secondary education in the community. Not directly available in data but generated from maternal education through method of aggregation at the cluster level

1. Low

2. Medium

3. High

 14.

Community socioeconomic status

The proportion of women in richest household wealth quintile in the community. Not directly available in data but generated from household wealth quintile through method of aggregation at the cluster level

1. Low

2. Medium

3. High

 15.

Proportion ever used modern contraceptive in community

The extent to which women in the community had ever used modern contraceptive method. Not available directly in data but generated from women’s ever use of modern contraceptive method through method of aggregation at the cluster level

1. Low

2. Medium

3. High

 16.

Community knowledge of modern contraceptive

The proportion of women in the community who have knowledge of at least one modern contraceptive. Not directly available in data but generated through method of aggregation at the cluster level

1. Low

2. Medium

3. High

 17.

Place of residence

Whether respondent place of residence is rural or urban type community

1. Urban

2. Rural

 18.

Geo-political zone

The geographic/administrative residence of sampled women

1. North-central

2. North-east

3. North-west