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Table 1 Measurement of some variables

From: Geographic variation and associated factors of long-acting contraceptive use among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: a multi-level and spatial analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 data

Variable

Measurements/definitions

Long acting contraceptive users

Women who were used one of the long acting contraceptive methods: Intrauterine device, Implant and Female sterilization considered as LACs user

Distance to health facility

Distance to health facility was measured as yes/no. As distance to a health facility was a big problem or not based on respondents subjective response

Community level media Exposure

Aggregated at the cluster level. Those clusters with above the median of the population were exposed to family planning message on media were considered as high media exposure