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Table 2 Descriptive statistics (N = 32,282)

From: The impact of local supply of popular contraceptives on women’s use of family planning: findings from performance-monitoring-for-action in seven sub-Saharan African countries

 

Mean/%

SD

Min

Max

Service delivery providers

    

Number of facilities

2.38

1.47

0

9

Stock-outs of any method

0.95

1.07

0

7

Number of facilities with popular methods

1.86

1.30

0

8

Women wishing to space or limit

    

Number of children ever born

3.22

2.55

0

19

Age (in single years)

29.8

8.03

15

49

Age-squared

9.53

5.03

2.25

24.01

Marital status

    

 Never married (omitted)

14.7%

 

0

1

 Married/cohabiting

80.1%

 

0

1

 Widowed/divorced/separated

5.2%

 

0

1

Education level

    

 Never attended (omitted)

24.8%

 

0

1

 Primary/middle school

36.9%

 

0

1

 Secondary/post-primary

27.8%

 

0

1

 Tertiary/post-secondary

10.5%

 

0

1

Wealth quintiles

    

 Lowest

19.3%

   

 Lower

19.0%

   

 Middle

18.1%

   

 Higher

18.9%

   

 Highest

24.8%

   

Urban resident

45.3%

 

0

1