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Table 5 Posterior mean and 95% credible interval (CI) of the variance component of the random effect terms and WAIC values for the CAR model with different prior specifications adjusting for all the covariates presented in Table 3

From: Bayesian spatial analysis of socio-demographic factors influencing pregnancy termination and its residual geographic variation among ever-married women of reproductive age in Bangladesh

 

Mean

95% CI

WAIC

Gamma

  

16788.28

Age at First Cohabitation

0.06

[0.03, 0.18]

 

Age at Survey Time

0.42

[0.26, 0.73]

 

District

0.44

[0.33, 0.61]

 

Half Cauchy

  

16788.40

Age at First Cohabitation

0.06

[0.03, 0.18]

 

Age at Survey Time

0.42

[0.26, 0.73]

 

District

0.45

[0.34, 0.62]

 

Penalized Complexity

  

16788.31

Age at First Cohabitation

0.06

[0.03, 0.18]

 

Age at Survey Time

0.42

[0.26, 0.73]

 

District

0.45

[0.34, 0.62]

 

Half Normal

  

16788.13

Age at First Cohabitation

0.06

[0.03, 0.18]

 

Age at Survey Time

0.42

[0.26, 0.73]

 

District

0.47

[0.36, 0.65]

 

Half t

  

16788.15

Age at First Cohabitation

0.06

[0.03, 0.18]

 

Age at Survey Time

0.42

[0.26, 0.73]

 

District

0.46

[0.39, 0.64]

 

Uniform

  

16788.13

Age at First Cohabitation

0.06

[0.03, 0.18]

 

Age at Survey Time

0.42

[0.26, 0.73]

 

District

0.47

[0.36, 0.65]

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