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Dear Chris,

Thank you for your reply.
I tried using the MQL values as starting values, but that doens't seem to work either. I estimated the models with the MCMC procedure a while ago (only with the third category as the reference group), but that took days to converge. Moreover, the results were ...

Hello,

I carried out a multinomial multilevel analysis in MLwiN, by using 2nd order PQL. My dependent variable is contraceptive use and consists of three categories:
(1) using no method (n = 3,328)
(2) using natural methods (n = 1,450)
(3) using hormonal/barrier methods (n = 8,693)

The analysis ...