Table 3 Association between potential factors and the acceptability of the Woman’s Condom
Fixed effects | Estimate (SE) | t | p value |
Intercept | 56.43 (2.03) | 27.74 | < 0.01 |
Between-groups effects | |||
Residence | |||
Beijing | Reference | ||
Chongqing | −4.99 (1.13) | −4.42 | < 0.01 |
Shanghai | 3.05 (1.11) | 2.76 | < 0.01 |
Marital status | |||
Married and live together | Reference | ||
Married but do not live together | 0.98 (3.10) | 0.32 | 0.75 |
Unmarried and do not live together | 6.50 (2.91) | 2.23 | 0.03 |
Unmarried but live together | −5.37 (3.10) | −1.73 | 0.08 |
Between-individuals effects | |||
Gender | |||
Male | Reference | ||
Female | −1.69 (0.22) | −7.55 | < 0.01 |
Educational attainment | |||
Junior or below | Reference | ||
High school | −1.43 (1.10) | −1.30 | 0.19 |
Three-year college | −1.62 (1.15) | −1.41 | 0.16 |
Bachelor degree or above | −2.30 (1.19) | −1.94 | 0.05 |
Occupation | |||
Unemployed or self-employed | Reference | ||
Workers/salespeople | 0.91 (0.56) | 1.64 | 0.10 |
Education, health and civil staff | 1.50 (0.51) | 2.92 | < 0.01 |
Others | 0.51 (0.73) | 0.70 | 0.48 |
Adverse effects from the Woman’s Condom | |||
Yes | Reference | ||
No | 3.07 (1.45) | 2.11 | 0.04 |
Within-individuals effect | |||
Practice time | |||
The first time | Reference | ||
The fourth time | 1.09 (0.20) | 5.54 | < 0.01 |
Random effects | Estimate (SE) | z | p value |
Level 3 (VAR (int)) | 168.13 (8.46) | 19.87 | < 0.01 |
Level 2 (SP (EXP)) | 0.33 (0.07) | 4.92 | < 0.01 |
Level 1 (Residual) | 35.35 (1.07) | 33.18 | < 0.01 |