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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2015 Dec;41(4):191–199. doi: 10.1363/4119115

Table 4. Odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) from logistic regression analyses examining the likelihood of women's use of modern contraceptives, by individual and community-level belief in family planning myths, according to country.

Model Kenya (N=5,128) Nigeria (N=8,377) Senegal (N=4,562)
Model 1
Women's individual beliefs 0.65 (0.47–0.88)** 0.27 (0.22–0.34)*** 0.22 (0.17–0.29)***
Model 2
Women's individual beliefs 0.65 (0.47–0.88)** 0.26 (0.21–0.32)*** 0.22 (0.17–0.29)***
Women's beliefs at community level 1.01 (0.96–1.05) 1.43 (1.14–1.79)*** 1.04 (0.74–1.45)
Model 3
Women's individual beliefs 0.64 (0.47–0.88)** 0.25 (0.21–0.31)*** 0.22 (0.17–0.29)***
Women's beliefs at community level 1.00 (0.94–1.06) 1.63 (1.29–2.05)*** 1.00 (0.72–1.41)
Men's beliefs at community level 1.04 (0.84–1.29) 0.57 (0.41–0.79)*** 1.08 (0.90–1.29)
**

p≤.01.

***

p≤.001.

Note: All models control for woman's age, education, religion, marital status, wealth quintile and city of residence.