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Table 5 Intercept variance, Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and model characteristics from random-intercept Weibull survival regression models of the risk of infant, child and under-five mortality across the EAG and non-EAG regions of India

From: Differential in infant, childhood and under-five death clustering among the empowered and non-empowered action group regions in India

Infant Death Clustering

Measures

Non-EAG Region

EAG Region

Null Model

Full Model

Null Model

Full Model

Level 2: Mother

 Variance

1.56

0.96

0.99

0.69

 Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC %)

20.91

13.81

14.04

10.25

 Level 1: Children

Variance

5.91

5.98

6.04

6.01

 Weibull Regression Shape Parameter (γ)***

0.53

0.52

0.52

0.52

 Likelihood Ratio Test***

4123.32

940.86

5933.48

1799.09

 No of mothers

237,069

237,069

238,388

238,388

 No of births

580,737

580,737

717,280

717,280

Child Death Clustering

 Measures

Non-EAG Region

EAG Region

Null Model

Full Model

Null Model

Full Model

Level 2: Mother

 Variance

1.89

1.39

1.21

0.94

 Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC %)

24.51

18.81

15.05

11.93

Level 1: Children

 Variance

5.81

5.98

6.86

6.94

 Weibull Regression Shape Parameter (γ)***

0.53

0.52

0.49

0.49

 Likelihood Ratio Test***

834.86

478.38

1296.23

791.28

 No of mothers

237,069

237,069

238,388

238,388

 No of births

580,737

580,737

717,280

717,280

Under-5 Death Clustering

 Measures

Non-EAG Region

EAG Region

Null Model

Full Model

Null Model

Full Model

Level 2: Mother

 Variance

1.436

0.938

0.837

0.583

 Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC %)

9.76

6.53

6.06

4.29

Level 1: Children

 Variance

13.278

13.431

12.984

13.017

 Weibull Regression Shape Parameter (γ)***

0.35

0.35

0.36

0.36

 Likelihood Ratio Test***

4984.38

1339.94

6451.55

2047.43

 No of mothers

237,069

237,069

238,388

238,388

 No of births

580,737

580,737

717,280

717,280

  1. Note – (1) Null model is an empty model without any covariates. (2) Full model contains all the covariates. (3) Infant death means death within 0–11 months. (4) Child death means death within 12–59 months. (5) Under-5 death means death within 0–59 months. (6) *** denotes p-value < 0.001