Table 3 Posterior mean of fixed effect parameters and their t-values in the multilevel models of stunting, wasting and underweight

Intercept

-

0.396

14.989^*

0.294

12.800^*

0.412

15.800^*

Age

0-11

-

-

-

-

-

-

12-23

0.127

7.606^*

-0.111

-8.320^*

0.064

3.880^*

24-35

0.169

10.428^*

0.018

1.050

0.107

6.979^*

36-47

0.147

9.331^*

0.000

0.026

0.100

6.479^*

48-59

0.088

5.262^*

-0.008

-0.530

0.102

6.637^*

Division

Barishal

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chattogram

0.030

1.091

0.015

0.899

-0.009

-0.318

Dhaka

0.015

0.500

-0.007

-0.307

-0.039

-1.386

Khulna

-0.040

-1.392

-0.038

-1.580

-0.045

-1.577

Mymensingh

0.089

2.480^**

-0.017

-0.709

0.043

1.242

Rajshahi

0.017

0.593

0.014

0.451

0.001

0.044

Rangpur

0.019

0.608

-0.024

-0.913

-0.009

-0.298

Sylhet

0.110

2.992^*

0.006

0.242

0.100

2.800^*

Residence

Rural

-

-

-

-

-

-

Urban

-0.091

-7.276^*

0.020

0.665

-0.107

-7.182^*

Sex

Female

-

-

-

-

-

-

Male

0.005

0.564

0.027

3.014^*

-0.004

-0.463