Table 3 Posterior summaries for hurdle Poisson modelling of the number of CEB per woman at 95% credible interval

Constant

0.935

0.422

0.167, 1.818

0.183

1.777

- 0.533, 2.384

Place of residence

Rural

0.000

Urban

- 0.001

0.010

- 0.020, 0.020

0.010

0.075

- 0.164, 0.137

Education level

No education

0.000

Primary

- 0.001

0.009

- 0.017, 0.019

- 0.450

0.091

- 0.627, - 0.263

Secondary

- 0.077

0.012

- 0.100, - 0.055

- 0.296

0.092

- 0.475, - 0.121

Higher

- 0.208

0.018

- 0.244, - 0.172

0.315

0.116

0.091, 0.540

Wealth index

Poorest

0.000

Poorer

0.004

0.009

- 0.014, 0.022

0.151

0.086

- 0.012, 0.323

Middle

- 0.003

0.012

- 0.025, 0.020

0.134

0.097

- 0.063, 0.316

Richer

- 0.040

0.013

- 0.066, - 0.014

0.389

0.110

0.166, 0.593

Richest

- 0.131

0.017

- 0.163, - 0.098

0.691

0.121

0.455, 0.921

Contraceptives by method

No method

0.000

Traditional

0.101

0.015

0.073, 0.132

- 0.728

0.118

- 0.953, - 0.489

Modern

0.087

0.011

0.066, 0.109

- 0.511

0.080

- 0.663, - 0.353

Marriage status

Never married

0.000

Currently married

0.050

0.398

- 0.798, 0.780

- 3.527

0.786

- 4.683, - 1.609

Formerly married

- 0.149

0.398

- 0.991, 0.596

- 2.635

0.788

- 3.811, - 0.737

Working status

No

0.000

Yes

0.023

0.008

0.008, 0.037

- 0.179

0.051

- 0.277, - 0.080

Random effects: variance component

State (unstructured)

0.011

0.005

0.004, 0.021

0.459

0.168

0.202, 0.845

State (structured)

0.002

0.001

0.000, 0.005

0.015

0.020

0.001, 0.070

Community effects

0.003

0.001

0.002, 0.004

0.214

0.036

0.146, 0.292