Table 3.
Estimated coefficients and standard errors for multinomial probit model on contraceptive method choice (EDHS 2011)
| Method choice | IUD/Implants | Injectables | Condoms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Effects | Estimate | Std. Err. | Estimate | Std. Err. | Estimate | Std. Err. |
| Constant | −1.597*** | 0.192 | 1.799*** | 0.150 | −2.176*** | 0.400 |
| Education | ||||||
| No education (Ref) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Primary | −0.331*** | 0.0777 | −0.171*** | 0.063 | 0.163 | 0.128 |
| Secondary | −0.403*** | 0.0844 | −0.749*** | 0.068 | 0.434 | 0.116 |
| Age at start | ||||||
| < 25 years (Ref) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25–34 years | 0.217* | 0.119 | −0.014 | 0.088 | −0.460*** | 0.141 |
| 35–49 years | 0.560*** | 0.119 | −0.349*** | 0.089 | −0.891*** | 0.147 |
| Wealth | ||||||
| Low (Ref) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 0.394*** | 0.139 | 0.149 | 0.120 | NA | NA |
| High | 0.026 | 0.142 | −0.097 | 0.117 | 0.897** | 0.395 |
| Area | ||||||
| Urban(Ref) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rural | 0.805*** | 0.084 | 0.889*** | 0.069 | −0.447 *** | 0.137 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Orthodox (Ref) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muslim | −0.006 | 0.070 | −0.183*** | 0.058 | −1.232*** | 0.131 |
| Others | 0.519 | 0.484 | 0.481 | 0.497 | NA | NA |
| Correlation between women-level random effects across equations | ||||||
| IUD/Im. & Injectables | −0.097 (0.030) *** | |||||
| IUD/Im. & Condoms | −0.302 (0.188) | |||||
| Condoms & Inject | −0.077 (0.052) | |||||
The reference category is oral contraceptives. Bold depicts significance: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001