Where, i and j are the level 1 (individual) and level 2 (community or clusters) units, respectively; X and Z refer to individual and community-level variables, respectively; ?_ij is the probability of being pregnant for the i th teenager in the j th community; the ?’s are the fixed coefficients-therefore, for every one unit increase in X/Z (a set of explanatory variables) there is a corresponding effect on the probability of being pregnant to teenager. Whereas,?₀ is the intercept –the effect on the probability of being pregnant to a teenager in the absence of influence of predictors; and u_j shows the random effect (effect of the community on a teenager decision to become pregnant) for the j th community.

The clustered nature of the data, and the within and between community variations were taken in to account by assuming each community has different intercept (?₀) and fixed coefficient (?).The amount of community variation was expressed as Intra-class Correlation Coefficient(ICC) computed as; \( \mathrm=\frac< \updelta^2<\mathrm>_0>< \updelta^2<\mathrm>_0+\frac< \uppi^2>> \) where, \( \frac< \pi^2> \) denotes the variation within a cluster (individual level) and ? 2 u₀ is the variation between clusters (communities).

I examined the details having fun with STATA several (Stata Corp. Inc. Tx, USA). While the sampling process of EDHS 2016 was state-of-the-art; the selection procedure deviates on presumption from randomness (effortless arbitrary selection). To help you account this problem, the information was basically declared for its difficulty and the variables had been appointed with information concerning survey design ahead of studies. More over, testing loads was basically completed to proceed with the detailed statistics like as volume and you may dimensions to adjust to have low-proportional allocation of sample to strata (urban and you will outlying dwellings) and you can places when you look at the survey processes.

Eight hundred eighty-around three (33%) people got their basic matrimony and you will 800 (30%) got its earliest gender prior to ages 15 years

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