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Table 2 Posterior mean of random effect parameters and their t-values in the multilevel models of stunting, wasting and underweight

From: Prevalence of child undernutrition measures and their spatio-demographic inequalities in Bangladesh: an application of multilevel Bayesian modelling

 

Indicator

Stunting

Wasting

Underweight

RE Component

Parameter

Mean

t-value

Mean

t-value

Mean

t-value

RES_DIST

\(\sigma _{1R}^{2}\)

-

-

0.018

1.517

0.029

2.591**

 

\(\sigma _{1U}^{2}\)

-

-

0.062

3.136*

0.047

1.982**

RES_DIST_AGE

\(\sigma _{2R}^{2}\)

0.011

1.394

0.018

1.517

0.011

1.396

 

\(\sigma _{2U}^{2}\)

0.118

9.693*

0.062

3.136*

0.084

5.371*

RES_DIST_SEX

\(\sigma _{3R}^{2}\)

0.008

1.381

0.007

1.314

0.010

1.431

 

\(\sigma _{3U}^{2}\)

0.055

3.585*

0.070

4.222*

0.082

5.173*

AGE_DIST

\(\sigma _{41}^{2}\)

0.067

4.809*

0.057

3.557*

0.062

4.437*

 

\(\sigma _{42}^{2}\)

0.042

2.628**

0.059

3.961*

0.046

3.012*

 

\(\sigma _{43}^{2}\)

0.018

1.501

0.027

1.717

0.017

1.468

 

\(\sigma _{44}^{2}\)

0.013

1.367

0.023

1.587

0.018

1.463

 

\(\sigma _{45}^{2}\)

0.036

2.254**

0.051

3.368*

0.019

1.548

SP_DIST

\(\sigma _{5}^{2}\)

0.073

5.429*

-

-

0.036

1.958**

WN_Division

\(\sigma _{6}^{2}\)

0.022

3.151*

0.021

2.618**

0.018

2.363**

WN_District

\(\sigma _{7}^{2}\)

0.026

2.327**

0.044

4.235**

0.036

3.208*

  1. *p-value < 0.01, **p-value < 0.05