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) | |||||