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Table 3 Multilevel Mixed-Effects Logistic Regression Analysis for Receipt of Family Planning (FP) Information—Kigoma Region, Tanzania, April to July 2016 (Clients n = 1497, Providers n = 330)

From: Client and provider factors associated with integration of family planning services among maternal and reproductive health clients in Kigoma Region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study, April–July 2016

 

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p-value

FIXED EFFECTS - CLIENT LEVEL VARIABLES

 Client age in years

  15–19 (reference)

  

  20–29

0.93 (0.66–1.33)

0.707

  30–39

0.61 (0.37–1.03)

0.063

  40–49

0.50 (0.26–0.97)

0.039

  Don’t know

4.11 (0.95–17.76)

0.058

 Highest education attended

  No education

  

  Primary

1.25 (0.87–1.79)

0.230

  Secondary

1.53 (0.93–2.51)

0.093

  College or university

1.03 (0.39–2.74)

0.947

 Pregnancy loss (PL) care was primary service sought

  No (reference)

  

  Yes

1.97 (1.01–3.84)

0.048

 Other routine services was primary service sought

  No (reference)

  

  Yes

0.43 (0.18–1.03)

0.058

 Frequency of religious service attendance

  Less often than weekly (reference)

  

  Weekly or more often

0.61 (0.44–0.85)

0.003

 Wealth

  Low wealth (reference)

  

  Middle wealth

1.24 (0.82–1.88)

0.300

  High wealth

1.27 (0.81–1.97)

0.294

 Number of prior pregnancies

  0 to 3 (reference)

  

  4+

1.78 (1.21–2.60)

0.003

 Desired timing of future childbearing

  More than 2 years, or does not want (reference)

  

  1 to 2 years

0.73 (0.51–1.04)

0.079

 Heard FP messages in last three months

  No (reference)

  

  Yes

1.21 (0.88–1.67)

0.233

 Has had FP discussion with partner

  No or don’t know (reference)

  

  Yes

1.73 (1.33–2.25)

0.000

FIXED EFFECTS - PROVIDER-LEVEL VARIABLES

 Highest education completed

  Primary (reference)

  

  Secondary

1.25 (0.60–2.63)

0.552

  College/University

2.03 (0.97–4.25)

0.060

 Work hours per week

  Less than 54 h per week (reference)

  

  54+ hours per week

0.68 (0.45–1.01)

0.054

 Routinely provides FP services

  No (reference)

  

  Yes

1.45 (0.85–2.47)

0.170

 FP ever-training PCA scorea

  Low (reference)

  

  High

1.01 (0.57–1.79)

0.970

 FP recent-training PCA scorea

  Low (reference)

  

  High

1.58 (1.11–2.26)

0.012

 FP Practice PCA Scorea

  Low (reference)

  

  High

0.86 (0.48–1.53)

0.606

 Access to electronic mentoring opportunities

  No access (reference)

  

  Access to at least 1 type (emergency call system, e-learning, teleconference)

1.38 (0.85–2.23)

0.191

 Perception in-service training has helped job performance

  No (reference)

  

  Yes

2.27 (1.35–3.84)

0.002

 RANDOM EFFECTS

  Provider-level variance (SE)

1.21 (0.28)

 

  Provider-level variance partition coefficient

0.27 (0.19–0.37)

 

  Level 1 units

1497

 

  Level 2 units

330

 

  Log likelihood

− 921.18412

 
  1. aProviders were asked if they had ever received training in, had recently received training in (in the last 18 months), and if they had provided the service in the last 3 months related to the following 14 FP items: 1) counsel women about FP and contraception; 2) give an injectable; 3) insert an IU(C)D; 4) remove an IU(C)D; 5) insert an implant; 6) remove an implant; 7) perform a tubal ligation; 8) perform a vasectomy; 9) provide counseling on FP options; 10) provide counseling on the efficacy of FP methods; 11) provide counseling on the potential side effects of FP methods; 12) provide counseling on the potential warning signs of FP methods; 13) provide clinical management of FP side effects; and 14) provide FP for HIV positive women