That is correct. The CONTRAST and ESTIMATE statements provide tests and estimates of linear combinations of model parameters. In the case of a logistic model, such linear combinations are estimates of log odds. If you add the ILINK option, the ESTIMATE statement provides estimates of probabilities. But this does not extend to differences or other functions of probabilities which generally are nonlinear combinations of model parameters. To estimate or test such nonlinear combinations and marginal effects, you can use the Margins, NLEST, or NLMeans macros. Further discussion and an example of using these can be found in this note. The NLEST and NLMeans macros are immediately available for calling in the latest release of SAS (SAS 9.4 TS1M6). Otherwise, they (and the Margins macro) can be downloaded using the links provided in the note.
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