Minimum acceptable diet intake and its associated factors among children age at 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the sub-Saharan Africa demographic and health survey

Table 3 Parameters and model fit statistics for multilevel regression analysis models

Parameters	Null model	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Cluster level Variance	0.79	0.76	0.72	0.63
ICC	0.194	0.188	0.179	0.161
MOR	2.33[2.22, 2.41]**	2.29	2.24	2.12
PCV	Reff	0.038	0.089	0.225
Model fitness
Deviance	50,378	45,762	49,528	45,544
Mean VIF	–	1.45	1.39	1.54

ICC Inter cluster correlation coefficient, MOR Median odds ratio, PCV proportional change in variance, VIF Variance Inflation Factors
^*P-value < 0.05
^**P value < 0.01
^***P value < 0.001

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