. 2016 Oct 6;11(10):e0164007. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164007

Table 3. Effects of demographic and socio-economic variables on unwanted births through path analysis.

Endogenous Variable	Exogenous Variable	Total Effect	Non-Casual Effect	Indirect Effect Via		Direct Effect	Total Association
Endogenous Variable	Exogenous Variable	Total Effect	Non-Casual Effect	X₆	X₇	Direct Effect	Total Association
X₆	X₁	-0.154	-0.023	-		-0.154^a	-0.131^a
	X₂	0.040	0.199	-		0.040	-0.159^a
	X₃	-0.013	0.015	-		-0.013	-0.028
	X₄	0.436	0.024	-		0.436^a	0.412^a
	X₅	0.030	0.000	-		0.030	0.030
X₇	X₁	0.109	-0.007	-0.019		0.128^a	0.116^a
	X₂	-0.040	0.048	0.005		-0.045	-0.088^a
	X₃	0.079	0.003	-0.002		0.081^a	0.076^b
	X₄	0.114	-0.021	0.054		0.060	0.135^a
	X₅	0.002	-0.016	0.004		-0.002	0.018
	X₆	0.123	-0.013	-		0.123^a	0.136^a
X₈	X₁	0.280	0.011	0.048	0.0007	0.230^a	0.269^a
	X₂	0.027	-0.074	-0.012	0.0003	0.039	0.101^a
	X₃	-0.061	-0.013	0.004	-0.0005	-0.064^b	-0.048
	X₄	-0.161	-0.002	-0.135	-0.0004	-0.026	-0.159^a
	X₅	0.015	-0.009	-0.009	0.0000	0.024	0.024
	X₆	-0.310	0.045	-	-0.0007	-0.309^a	-0.355^a
	X₇	-0.006	0.027	-	-	-0.006	-0.033

Note: (i) X₁ = women age, X₂ = place of residence,X₃ = religion,X₄ = socioeconomic status, X₅ = use of family planning methods, X₆ = women education, X₇ = age at first marriage, X₈ = unwanted births.

(ii) Non-Causal Effect = Total Effect—Total Association. Total effect = Direct effect + Indirect effect.

(iii) ^bP < 0.05 and ^aP < 0.01.