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Table 3 Unweighted multilevel logistic regression of the association between unintended pregnancies and individual-level and municipality-level characteristics among Nicaraguan women

From: Violence against women and unintended pregnancies in Nicaragua: a population-based multilevel study

 

1. Empty model

2. Model with individual-level variables

3. Model with individual-level and municipality-level variables

Measures of association (AOR, 95% CrI)*

     

Individual-level variables

     

Controlling behavior by a partner (yes)

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1.29

(1.13–1.47)

1.28

(1.13–1.44)

Ever sexual abuse by any person (yes)

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1.32

(1.06–1.62)

1.31

(1.03–1.62)

Ever physical/sexual IPV (yes)

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1.45

(1.24–1.68)

1.44

(1.24–1.66)

Municipality-level variables

     

% of women exposed to controlling behavior by a partner

     

Lowest tertile

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---

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1.00

 

Middle tertile

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---

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1.10

(0.89–1.33)

Highest tertile

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---

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1.25

(1.03–1.48)

% of women exposed to sexual violence by any person

     

Lowest tertile

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---

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1.00

 

Middle tertile

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---

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1.05

(0.84–1.28)

Highest tertile

---

---

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1.00

(0.75–1.33)

% of women exposed to physical/sexual IPV

     

Lowest tertile

---

---

---

1.00

 

Middle tertile

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---

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1.09

(0.90–1.32)

Highest tertile

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1.20

(0.92–1.55)

Measures of clustering

     

Area-level variance (SD)

0.081 (0.026)

0.066 (0.025)

0.062 (0.029)

PCV

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−18.5%

−6%

MOR

1.31

1.27

1.26

VPC

0.024

0.019

0.018

  1. *Adjusted by residency, age, education, socioeconomic status, ever use of modern contraceptive methods, % of women using modern contraceptive methods at the municipality level, % of women illiterate at the municipality level, and % of the population living in extreme poverty at the municipality level. PCV = percentage of change in variance. MOR = median odds ratio. VPC = variance partition coefficient.
  2. Bayesian estimates of the measures of association and clustering are shown. n = 5347.