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Table 4 Multivariable analyses for factors affecting married women’s decision making autonomy on contraceptive use (n = 14,575)

From: Married women’s decision-making autonomy on modern contraceptive use and its associated factors in high fertile sub-Saharan Africa countries: a multi-level analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

Variables

Model 0

Model 1 AOR (95% CI)

Model 2 AOR (95%CI)

Model 3 AOR (95%CI)

Individual level Characteristics

 Age

  15–24

 

Referent

 

Referent

  25–34

 

1.14 (0.99–1.32)

 

1.88 (1.84–1.93)*

  35–49

 

1.42 (1.19–1.67)

 

1. 90 (1.82 − 1.92)*

Educational status of the respondents

 No formal education

 

Referent

 

Referent

 Primary education

 

0.99 (0.88–1.12)

 

1.93 (1.77–2.83)*

 Secondary and higher

 

1.17 (1.05–1.32)

 

2.11 (1.78–2.89)*

Wealth index

 Poor

 

Referent

 

Referent

 Middle

 

1.02 (0.88–1.17)

 

1.02 (0.88–1.18)

 Rich

 

1.03 (0.91–1.17)

 

1.13 (0.98–1.29)

Media exposure

 No

 

Referent

 

Referent

 Yes

 

1.11 (0.98–1.23)

 

1.13 (1.00- 1.28)*

Number of alive children

 No child

 

Referent

 

Referent

 1–2

 

2.32 (1.36–3.94)

 

2.35 (1.38–4.01)*

 3–4

 

2.95 (1.72–5.03)

 

2.98 (1.74–5.10)*

 ≥ 5

 

2.82 (1.64–4.86)

 

2. 82 (1.63–4.86)*

Community level variables

 Community level poverty

  High

  

Referent

Referent

  Low

  

1.55 (1.18–2.03)

1.43 (1.09–1.86)*

 Community media exposure

  Low

  

Referent

Referent

  High

  

1.93 (1.47–2.52)

1.95 (1.38–2.34)*

Residency

 Urban

  

Referent

Referent

 Rural

  

0.85 (0.82–0.88)

0.67 (0.64–0.71)*

Random effect result

 Variance (%)

4.54

3.76

2.85

2.12

 ICC (%)

57.96

55.86

50.16

41.8

 MOR

5.5

5.0

4.4

3.8

 PCV

Ref

17.2%

37.2%

53.3%

 Deviance(-2LLR)

145,494

135,106

145,316

134,734

  1. Null model: adjusted for individual-level characteristics
  2. Model 2: Adjusted for community-level characteristics
  3. Model 3: adjusted for both individual and community level characteristics
  4. AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, COR Crude Odds Ratio
  5. * Statistically significant at p-value < 0.05