Table 3 Fixed-random effects analysis of predictors of LARCs use among adolescent girls and young women

Fixed-effect results

Age of the respondents

 15–19

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 20–24

1.16 [0.92,1.45]

1.27 [0.99,1.64]

Educational level

 No education

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Primary

0.73^* [0.55,0.97]

0.9 [0.67,1.23]

 Secondary or higher

0.88 [0.67,1.15]

0.91 [0.67,1.23]

Marital status

 Never married

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Married

0.96 [0.69,1.32]

0.63^** [0.45,0.88]

 Cohabiting

0.65^** [0.47,0.89]

0.74 [0.53,1.04]

 Formerly married

1.00 [0.63,1.59]

1.05 [0.67,1.65]

Current working status

 No

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Yes

1.18 [0.98,1.42]

1.13 [0.92,1.39]

Exposure to reading newspaper or magazine

 No

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Yes

0.53^*** [0.36,0.77]

1.04 [0.70,1.55]

Exposure to listening to radio

 No

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Yes

1.02 [0.83,1.24]

1.07 [0.86,1.34]

Exposure to watching television

 No

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Yes

0.97 [0.79,1.21]

0.85 [0.66,1.11]

Desire for more children

 Wants more

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Wants no more

1.21 [0.86,1.72]

1.56^* [1.09,2.26]

 Undecided

0.55^* [0.32,0.96]

0.91 [0.51,1.64]

Parity

 Zero birth

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 One to three births

5.04^*** [3.43,7.40]

6.42^*** [4.27,9.67]

 Four or more births

5.44^*** [3.08,9.59]

7.02^*** [3.88,12.67]

Wealth index

 Poorest

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Poorer

0.97 [0.69,1.36]

0.95 [0.67,1.34]

 Middle

0.88 [0.62,1.24]

0.92 [0.65,1.31]

 Richer

0.80 [0.56,1.14]

0.91 [0.64,1.31]

 Richest

0.83 [0.56,1.22]

1.09 [0.72,1.64]

Place of residence

 Urban

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Rural

0.99 [0.75,1.32]

0.94 [0.69,1.28]

Country

 Burkina Faso

1 [1.00,1.00]

1 [1.00,1.00]

 Angola

0.11^*** [0.04,0.28]

0.09^*** [0.04,0.24]

 Burundi

2.28^*** [1.52,3.42]

1.53^* [1.00,2.34]

 Gambia

5.08^*** [2.97,8.69]

3.76^*** [2.19,6.48]

 Mali

11.64^*** [7.86,17.23]

12.22^*** [8.10,18.41]

 Mozambique

0.65 [0.40,1.05]

0.53^* [0.31,0.92]

 Nigeria

1.43 [0.96,2.14]

1.85^** [1.21,2.84]

 Niger

0.32^** [0.15,0.70]

0.23^*** [0.11,0.50]

 Chad

1.19 [0.56,2.52]

1.08 [0.50,2.33]

 Uganda

1.43^* [1.03,2.01]

1.10 [0.76,1.59]

Random effect results

 PSU variance (95% CI)

0.93 [0.70, 1.24]

0.82 [0.60, 1.12]

0.84 [0.61, 1.15]

0.79 [0.57, 1.10]

 ICC

0.22

0.20

0.20

0.19

 Wald Chi-square

Reference

173.76***

335.52***

459.18***

Model fitness

 Log-likelihood

− 2657.37

− 2492.68

− 2340.47

− 2215.75

 AIC

5818.74

5017.36

4712.94

4491.51

 N

 5834

5834

5834

5834

 Number of clusters

954

954

954

954