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Fertility limiting intention and contraceptive use among Indian men

Table A3. Relative risk ratios of use of female sterilization versus traditional method by major study variables in men aged 20-49 who
did not have fertility intention for additional child, India, 2015-2016.
Background characteristics Model 0 Model I Model II Model III Model IV
Demographic characteristics
Age (in years)
30-39 (20-29) 1.51*** 1.47*** 1.54*** 1.62*** 1.64***
40-49 (20-29) 1.80*** 1.79*** 1.98*** 2.09*** 2.12***
Number of living children
2 (1) 3.73*** 3.96*** 3.73*** 3.86*** 3.85***
3 (1) 4.39*** 4.65*** 4.79*** 5.31*** 5.32***
4+ (1) 3.29*** 3.43*** 3.70*** 4.40*** 4.46***
Sex composition of living children
All daughters (all sons) 0.54*** 0.52*** 0.47*** 0.42*** 0.42***
# of sons = # of daughters (all sons) 1.01 0.78** 0.76** 0.71*** 0.72***
# of daughters > # of sons (all sons) 1.01 0.71** 0.63*** 0.56*** 0.56***
# of sons > # of daughters (all sons) 1.26** 0.85 0.84 0.80 0.81
Socio-economic characteristics
Educational attainment
Primary school (no education) 1.21 1.29* 1.25* 1.21
Secondary school (no education) 0.81** 0.84* 0.79** 0.74***
High school or above (no education) 0.58*** 0.64*** 0.58*** 0.54***
Current occupation
Not working (manual worker) 1.09 1.18 1.21 1.19
Professional (manual worker) 0.72** 0.95 1.04 1.03
Clerical/sales/service (manual worker) 0.81** 0.90 0.98 0.97
Agriculture (manual worker) 1.35*** 1.33*** 1.36*** 1.37***
Wealth quintile
Poorer (poorest) 0.94 0.91 1.00 0.91
Middle (poorest) 1.23* 1.00 1.15 0.99
Richer (poorest) 1.06 0.84 0.97 0.83
Richest (poorest) 0.89 0.77* 0.82 0.70*
Current residence
Rural (urban) 1.20** 1.10 1.00 1.02
Regions
Central (North) 0.79*** 0.69*** 0.59*** 0.59***
East (North) 0.58*** 0.50*** 0.42*** 0.43***
Northeast (North) 0.22*** 0.18*** 0.15*** 0.15***
West (North) 3.35*** 3.31*** 2.79*** 2.79***
South (North) 4.25*** 4.76*** 4.40*** 4.32***
Religious and cultural factors
Religion
Muslim (Hindu) 0.39*** 0.35*** 0.35***
Others or no religion (Hindu) 0.69*** 0.86 0.86
Caste
SCs/STs (others) 1.36*** 1.36*** 1.35***
OBCs (others) 1.43*** 1.21** 1.21*
Social media exposure
Any social media exposure (no) 1.29*** 1.45***
N NA 10,562 10,551 9,900 9,900
-log likelihood NA 10,563.26 9,742.43 8,898.83 8,889.03
(1) The relative risk ratios based on multinomial logit models after taking using traditional methods as the base group. Category is the parentheses is the reference group.
(2) SC/ST: Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes; OBC: Other backward castes. (3) “N” is different due to missing values in the predictors (caste and occupation). “NA,” not
applicable. (4) Model 0 refers to results without controlling any other variable. (5) *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001

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