Table 3 Multilevel-multinomial model estimates of treatment options by caregivers' socio- economic characteristics with no treatment as reference

Fixed effects

Caregivers age

   35+ (ref)

1 -

1. -

1.

1 -

   25-34

0.92 (0.82,1.02)

0.90 (0.75, 1.10)

(0.78 -1.06)

0.94(0.74,1.13)

   15-24

0.86 (0.74,0.98)*

0.92 (0.74, 1.09)

0.80 (0.65,0.95)**

1.03(0.84,1.23)

Caregiver's education

   None (ref)

1 -

1 -

1 -

1 -

   Primary

1.19 (1.08,1.30)*

1.01 (0.83,1.17)

1.26 (1.11,1.41)***

0.88 (0.61,1.10)

   Secondary/Higher

1.47 (1.31,1.63)***

1.01 (0.92,1.29)

1.72 (1.50,1.94)***

0.76 (0.37,1.15)

Partner's education

   None (ref)

1 -

1 -

1

1 -

   Primary

1.57 (1.46,1.68)***

1.50 (1.34,1.66)***

1.23 (1.08,1.38)**

1.10 (0.93,1.35)

   Secondary/Higher

2.48 (2.35,2.61)***

2.00 (1.78,2.21)***

1.29 (1.10,1.48)**

1.60 (1.34,1.86)

Caregiver's occupation

   None (ref)

1 -

1 -

1

1.

   Manual

1.16 (1.01,1.26)***

0.97(0.83,1.11)

1.12 (0.98,1.25)

1.18 (0.99,1.36)

   Professional

0.98 (0.83,1.13)

1.28 (1.08,1.48) **

1.05 (0.87,1.26)

1.22 (0.97,1.47)

Partner's occupation

   None (ref)

1 -

1 -

1 -

1 -

   Manual

1.08 (0.89,1.27)

1.04 (0.74,1.34)

0.84 (0.59,1.09)

0.99 (0.68,1.41)

   Professional

0.77 (0.57,0.96)*

0.75 (0.44,1.06)

0.75(0.50,1.01)*

1.08 (0.66,1.50)

Household wealth

   Poorest(ref)

1 -

1 -

1 -

1 -

   Poorer

1.04 (0.91,1.16)

0.86 (0.73,1.02)*

1.18 (1.00,1.33)*

1.07(0.87,1.27)

   Middle

1.12 (0.99,1.25)

0.58 (0.39,0.77)***

1.14 (1.24, 1.58)***

0.93 (0.71,1.15)

   Richer

1.10 (0.96,1.24)

0.45 (0.23,0.67)***

1.19 (1.00,1.39)

0.64 (0.37,0.91)

   Richest

0.92 (0.74,1.10)

0.21(0.10,0.52) ***

1.16 ( 0.93,1.36)

0.68 (0.33,1.03)

Place of residence

Urban (ref)

1-

1-

1-

1-

Rural

0.70 (0.86,1.10)***

0.44(0.26,0.62)***

0.82 (0.66,0.98)**

1.02(0.91,1.26)

Neighbourhoods socio-economic disadvantage

1-

1-

1-

High(ref)

1-

1.56(1.39,1.73)***

1.02 (0.88,1.16)

1.13(0.68,1.32)

Low

1.17(1.06,1.28)**

Random effects

Community multinomial Variance(SE)

1.17(0.03)***

1.50(0.06)**

1.31(0.04)***

1.49(0.08)***

Intracluster correlation (ICC) (%)

26.2

31.3

28.4

31.1