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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Stud Fam Plann. 2013 Sep;44(3):259–274. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00357.x

TABLE 5.

Odds ratios from random-intercept logistic regression models predicting current practice of modern contraception among women having a religious affiliation, Chibuto, Mozambique, 2008

Characteristic Baseline (odds ratio) Full (odds ratio)
Religious affiliation
 Roman Catholic 1.989** 1.754*
 Traditional Protestant 1.717* 1.615
 Apostolic 1.119 1.145
 Zionist 1.034 1.206
 Pentecostal (r) 1.000 1.000
Attended church in past two weeks
 Did not attend (r) 1.000 1.000
 1–2 times 1.160 1.191
 3+ times 1.595** 1.599**
Age (years)
 18–24 (r) 1.000
 25–34 0.613**
 35+ 0.224**
Has a coresident partner 1.569**
Number of living children 1.374**
Wants more children 0.926
Years of schooling
 0 (r) 1.000
 1–4 1.434*
 5+ 2.387**
Works outside the home 1.355*
Household material possessions level 1.147*
Lives in district headquarters or its suburbs 1.546**
Distance from home to nearest FP clinic (km) 1.001
Community female educational level (mean years of schooling) 1.270*
Model chi-square 1,478 1,617
(N) (1,551) (1,551)
*

Significant at p ≤ 0.05;

**

p ≤ 0.01.

(r) = Reference category.