Table 3. Contraceptive sales growth regressed on macroeconomic indicators in six Latin American countries with above average out-of-pocket spending.

Macroeconomic indicator	OLS	ME	BH
	Estimate (95% CI)
GDP growth rate (%)	0.26 (−0.69–1.21)	0.21 (−0.78–1.20)	0.26 (−0.63–1.14)
Inflation (%)	−0.58 (−1.86–0.69)	−0.84 (−2.15–0.47)	−0.58 (−1.77–0.61)
Poverty variation (pp)	−2.91 (−4.72 to −1.11)	−2.95 (−4.77 to −1.13)	−2.91 (−4.59 to −1.24)
Unemployment rate variation (pp)	−1.28 (−4.00–1.45)	−1.18 (−3.99–1.62)	−1.28 (−3.81–1.25)
Female unemployment rate variation (pp)	−1.29 (−3.14–0.56)	−1.09 (−2.95–0.77)	−1.41 (−3.30–0.47)

Note: OLS: ordinary least square; ME: mixed-effect fitter by restricted maximum likelihood; BH: Bayesian hierarchical model.