Variable

Measurement

Outcome Variable (s)

Affordability Access Barrier

Failure to access health care services due to prohibitive health care access

Geographic Access Barrier

Failure to access health care services due to prohibitive transport cost (to the health facility)

Explanatory Variables

Age

Age in years

Gender

1 If Male, 0 if Female

Religion

0 If No religion, 1if Protestant, 2 if Catholic, 3 if Muslim

Household size

The number of household members

Education level

0 if no education, 1 if primary, 2 if secondary, 3 if tertiary (college), 4 if university,

Marital status

0 if single, 1 if the patient is married, 2 if widowed/widower

Employment status

1 if has formal employment, 0 if unemployed

Health Insurance cover

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

Health Facility Level

0 if level 2, 1 if level 3, 2 if level 4, 3 if level 5

Monthly medical expenditure (in Ksh.)

0 if <Ksh. 1000, 2 if Ksh. 1001-2500, 3 if Ksh. 2501-5000, 4 if Ksh. 5001-10,000.

Mode of payment for treatment

1 if by health insurance, 0 if by out of pocket expenditure

Availability of medicine

0 if always available, 1 if rarely, 2 if never

Distance to a health facility

0 if <5 km, 1 if 5-10 km, 2 if 11-15 km, 3 if 16-20 km, 4 if 21-25 km, 5 if 26-30km, and 6 if >30 km

Distance to the nearest health facility

0 if <5 km, 1 if 5-10 km, 2 if 11-15 km, 3 if 16-20 km, 4 if 21-25 km, 5 if 26-30 km, and 6 if >30 km

Time taken to reach a health facility

0 if 0-30 minutes, 1 if 1-2 hours, 2 if 3-4 hours, 3 if 4 hours or more.