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Table 1 Variable description

From: Demand for abortion and post abortion care in Ibadan, Nigeria

Variables

Description

Ab

Dummy for abortion which takes the value of 1 if a woman aborted a baby and 0 otherwise

PAC

Dummy for post abortion care which takes the value of 1 if the respondent sought post abortion care and 0 otherwise

lnIncome

Log of total income of respondent

Seduc

Dummy for education of respondent which takes the value of 1 if attained any formal level of educated and 0 otherwise

Meduc

Dummy for mother's education which takes the value of 1 if attained any formal level of educated and 0 otherwise

Feduc

Dummy for father's education which takes the value of 1 if attained any formal level of educated and 0 otherwise

Mstat

Dummy for marital status of respondents which takes the value of 1 if currently married and 0 otherwise

Age

Actual age of the respondents reported in years

Agesq

Square of respondent's age

Religiosity

A categorical variable capturing the respondents’ engagement in religious activities. The respondents were asked to chose between three options: Not at all, infrequent and frequent