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. 2010 Aug 11;9:19. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-19

Table 4.

Random Coefficients, Intra-class correlation and Variance Decomposition estimates from comparative models

Null_model Model_Kids Model_Mom Model_Full Model_Random_Slope
Random Effects
σ2c (Community - PSU) 0.202 0.091 0.056 0.055 0.055
(S.E.) (0.014) (0.009) (0.008) (0.008) (0.008)
Proportions of overall (null model) explained by the covariates of the model (in %) 55.189 72.149 72.850 72.875
σ2h (Household) 0.346 0.462 0.436 0.431 0.366
(S.E.) (0.027) (0.025) (0.025) (0.025) (0.030)
Proportions of overall (null model) explained by the covariates of the model (in %) -33.578 -26.086 -24.575 -5.683
Residual2 1.877 1.516 1.514 1.518 1.516
(S.E.) (0.029) (0.024) (0.025) (0.025) (0.025)
Intra-class correlation
ρ (PSU) 0.083* 0.044* 0.028* 0.027* 0.028*
ρ (household) 0.226* 0.267* 0.245* 0.242* 0.217*
Variance Decomposition (in %)
PSU 36.9 16.4 11.4 11.3 13.1
Household 63.1 83.6 88.6 88.7 86.9

Significance level: * p < 05