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Table 3 Posterior mean and 95% credible interval (CrI) for the smooth term variance components

From: Investigating the spatial variation and risk factors of childhood anaemia in four sub-Saharan African countries

Variable

Mean

95% CrI

Non-linear Effect

  

Child’s Age in Months (\(\tau _{r}^{2}\))

1648.49

(485.52, 3938.21)

Spatial Effect

  

Structured Spatial Effect (\(\tau _{str}^{2}\))

853.58

(44.69, 3252.82)

Unstructured Spatial Effect (\(\tau _{unstr}^{2}\))

3.84

(3.041, 4.78)