Table 3 Beta coefficients for random intercept and random slope models assessing the association between 3+ parity and individual and area level attributes (EDHS 2014)

Constant

1.62^***

0.763^***

0.548^***

0.553^***

  35–39

0.435^***

0.434^***

0.434^***

  40–44

0.668^***

0.668^***

0.665^***

  45–49

0.857^***

0.858^***

0.855^***

 Having less than secondary education

0.221^***

0.220^***

0.221^***

 Husband with less than secondary education

0.057^Ϯ

0.054^*

0.061^*

 Low standard of living

0.164^***

0.146^***

0.142^***

 Marriage age < 18

0.688^***

0.687^***

0.710^***

 Experienced child death

0.088^*

0.085^*

0.080^*

 Having unmet need

0.186^***

0.182^***

0.180^***

 First quartile of gendered context scale

0.054^ns

0.097^ns

 First quartile of environmental context scale

0.268^*

0.184^Ϯ

 First quartile of health system scale

0.537^***

0.495^***

 Level-2 variance

0.304 (0.062)

0.157 (0.044)

0.042 (0.014)

0.032 (0.010)

 ∆ (%) level-2 variance

–

48.4%

86.2%

89.5%

0.067 (0.021)

 Level-1 variance

1.521 (0.107)

1.247 (0.078)

1.248 (0.078)

1.237 (0.078)

 Intra-class correlation

16.7%

11.2%

3.3%

2.5%

 Log likelihood

−18,983.449

−17,819.711

−17,792.046

−17,767.053