Multilevel analysis of individual- and community-level determinants of birth certification of children under-5 years in Nigeria: evidence from a household survey

Table 4 Regression results for the three-level model of birth certification (measures of variation)

	Model 1^a	Model 2^b	Model 3^c	Model 4^d
Panel A: Multilevel Logistic Regression Model
Variance τ (95% CI)	3.249 (2.969–3.556)	1.614 (1.451–1.796)	1.719 (1.553–1.905)	1.518 (1.364–1.668)
ICC (%)	49.69	32.92	34.33	31.57
PCV (%)	Reference	50.32	47.09	53.28
MOR	5.58	3.36	3.49	3.24
Panel B: Multilevel Poisson Regression Model
Variance τ (95% CI)	1.636 (1.498–1.786)	0.639 (0.568–0.718)	0.772 (0.692–0.861)	0.608 (0.540–0.685)
PCV (%)	Reference	60.94	52.81	62.84
MRR	3.39	2.14	2.30	2.10

Notes: ^a Model 1: Null (Empty) model; ^b Model 2: controls for child/individual level characteristics; ^c Model 2: Controls for ommunity characteristics only; ^d Model 3: Full model; CI = Confidence Interval; ICC: Intraclass Correlation Coefficient; PCV: Proportional Change in Variance; MOR: Median Odds Ratio; MRR: Median Rate Ratio

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