Research Article

Contraceptive Method Utilization and Determinant Factors among Young Women (15-24) in Ethiopia: A Mixed-Effects Multilevel Logistic Regression Analysis of the Performance Monitoring for Action 2018 Household Survey

Table 3

Test of goodness-of-fit of the mixed-effects multilevel logistic regression model to identify the determinants of contraceptive method utilization among young women in Ethiopia, June-July, 2018.

ModelsRandom effects as level 2 variance (var(-cons))Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC(ρ))Log likelihood (LR) devianceWald Significance of LR test vs. logistic regression ( value)

Model 04.53646.28Reference<0.0001
Model 14.55616.2056.67<0.0001
Model 24.46568.41119.08<0.0001
Model 34.52555.65135.54<0.0001

(i) Dependent variable: contraceptive method utilization; (ii) cluster variable: region (11 in number); (iii) Model 0: empty model; Model 1: cluster level variables included; Model 2: individual level variables included; Model 3: full model (all the cluster level and individual level variables included.