Dietary intake and socio-economic predictors of inadequate energy and nutrient intake among women of childbearing age in Karamoja sub-region of Uganda

Table 1 Variables, description/measurement and the priori expected sign

Dependent variable	Description	Variable coding/definition	Expected priori sign
X₁	Pregnant	Pregnant women = 1, none pregnant women and lactating mothers = 0	+ or −
X₂	Lactating	Lactating women = 1, none pregnant women and Pregnant women = 0	+ or −
X₃	Age in completed years		+ or −
X₄	Polygamous	Polygamous = 1, Monogamous = 0	+ or −
X₅	Marital status	Married = 1, not married, widowed, single or divorced = 0	+ or −
X₆	Occupation of the household head	Formally employed = 1, not formally employed = 0	+ or −
X₇	Occupation of woman in the household	Formally employed = 1, not formally employed = 0	+ or −
X₈	Education status of household head	Formally educated = 1, not educated = 0	+ or −
X₉	Education status of the woman in the household	Formally educated = 1, not educated = 0	+ or −
X₁₀	Number of women married	One woman = 1, more than one women = 0	+ or −

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