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. 2023 Sep 4;20:132. doi: 10.1186/s12978-023-01678-w

Table 3.

Random intercept models (measures of variation) at cluster or community level for suboptimal birth spacing practice among reproductive-age women in 35 SSA countries, 2010–2021

Measure of variation Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Cluster-level variance (%) 57% 34% 41% 37%
Intra-class correlation (%) 14.10% 10.12% 11.08% 10.10%
Explained variance (%) Reference 40.35% 28.07% 35.09%
Median odds ratio 1.90 1.51 1.66 1.58
Model statistics summary
 Akaike’s information criteria 354,246 347,143 342,077 336,040
 Bayesian information criteria 354,267 347,277 342,129 336,204
 Log-likelihood − 177,121 − 173,559 − 171,034 − 168,004
 Deviance 354,242 347,118 342,068 336,008