Table 4 Estimated coefficients and standard errors from the multilevel competing risks hazard model for the effects on contraceptive failure, abandonment and switching in the five years preceding the survey.
From: Assessing regional differences in contraceptive discontinuation, failure and switching in Brazil
Failure | Abandonment | Switching | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient | S.E. | Coefficient | S.E. | Coefficient | S.E. | |
Constant | -3.050 | 0.210 | -2.772 | 0.261 | -3.994 | 0.252 |
Method | ||||||
Pill | -1.447* | 0.092 | 1.099* | 0.170 | -0.787* | 0.104 |
Condoms | -0.928* | 0.128 | 0.687* | 0.202 | 0.227 | 0.117 |
Injections | -1.083* | 0.225 | 1.600* | 0.233 | 0.354* | 0.165 |
Traditional (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
Duration of use (months) | ||||||
1–3 | 0.047 | 0.121 | -0.153 | 0.090 | 0.338* | 0.087 |
4–6 | 0.316* | 0.120 | -0.202* | 0.095 | 0.393* | 0.090 |
7–12 | 0.162 | 0.112 | -0.304* | 0.086 | 0.068 | 0.087 |
13–18 | 0.022 | 0.128 | -0.105 | 0.088 | 0.025 | 0.095 |
> 18 (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
Contraceptive intention | ||||||
Spacing (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.149 | 0.104 |
Limiting | -0.311* | 0.102 | -0.217 | 0.114 | 0.000 | - |
Region | ||||||
North | -0.452* | 0.168 | -0.038 | 0.166 | -0.255 | 0.174 |
Northeast (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
Southeast | -0.260* | 0.108 | -0.888* | 0.133 | -0.403* | 0.123 |
South | -0.533* | 0.139 | -1.349* | 0.164 | -0.883* | 0.151 |
Centre-West | -0.235 | 0.137 | -0.640* | 0.163 | -0.626* | 0.164 |
Age | ||||||
≤ 19 | 0.147 | 0.117 | 0.246* | 0.105 | 0.137 | 0.107 |
20–24 (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
25–29 | -0.234* | 0.110 | -0.068 | 0.112 | 0.069 | 0.099 |
30–34 | -0.145 | 0.136 | 0.295* | 0.146 | 0.128 | 0.129 |
35+ | -0.827* | 0.178 | 0.450* | 0.183 | -0.145 | 0.164 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married/living together | 0.450* | 0.123 | 0.039 | 0.110 | 0.274* | 0.110 |
Other (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
N° of living children | ||||||
0 (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
1 | -0.275* | 0.124 | -0.343* | 0.121 | -0.160 | 0.119 |
2 | -0.186 | 0.149 | -0.485* | 0.162 | -0.318* | 0.153 |
3+ | 0.044 | 0.179 | -0.645* | 0.206 | -0.425* | 0.195 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
White | -0.202* | 0.086 | -0.129 | 0.103 | 0.293* | 0.090 |
Other (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
Years of schooling | ||||||
0–3 (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
4–8 | -0.084 | 0.110 | -0.373* | 0.132 | 0.210 | 0.138 |
9–11 | -0.385* | 0.133 | -0.815* | 0.160 | 0.147 | 0.153 |
12+ | -0.618* | 0.208 | -1.157* | 0.248 | 0.306 | 0.195 |
Mass media exposure | ||||||
Watches TV regularly | -0.049 | 0.134 | -0.628* | 0.157 | 0.358 | 0.189 |
Does not watch TV (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
Place of residence | ||||||
Rural (ref) | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - |
Urban | -0.033 | 0.173 | -0.434 | 0.240 | 0.108 | 0.182 |
Random effects estimators | ||||||
Cluster level | 0.007 | 0.058 | 0.010 | 0.081 | 0.196* | 0.077 |
Woman level | 0.155 | 0.102 | 3.260* | 0.178 | 2.115* | 0.136 |