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Table 6 Model comparison for identifying factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding practices among children aged 0–23 months in the emerging regions of Ethiopia, 2016

From: Less than one-fifth of the mothers practised exclusive breastfeeding in the emerging regions of Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey

Model

Deviance

AIC

Null model (Without independent variables)

2352.16

2357.08

Model 1 (Individual-variables)

868.58

922.59

Model 2 (Community-level variables)

1236.28

1252.28

Model 3 (Both individual and community-level variables

794.98

860.98