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Table 5 Community-level variability of prelacteal feeding practice and model comparison

From: Prelacteal feeding practice and its associated factors among mothers having children less than 2 years of age in East Africa: a multilevel analysis of the recent demographic and health surveys

Parameter

Null model

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Community-level variance [SE]

0.341 (0.036)

0.302 (0.031)

0.329 (0.034)

0.295 (0.031)

ICC

0.093

0.084

0.091

0.082

MOR

1.74 (1.65, 1.85)

1.69 (1.60, 1.78)

1.72 (1.64, 1.83)

1.67 (1.59, 1.77)

PCV (%)

Reference

11.4

3.5

13.5

Model fitness

Deviance

23,918

21,868

23,840

21,792

  1. Note; ICC Intraclass Correlation Coefficient, MOR Median Odds Ratio, SE Standard Error