. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2010 Mar 29;38(4):287–298. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00536.x

Table 2.

Random effects and model fit for the null and full models of fair/poor parent-reported oral health among children 1–5 years of age

	Covariance parameter estimates		Model fit statistic

Model	Parameter	Estimate (SE)	Generalized chi-square/DF
Null Model	Intercept	0.1007 (0.000827)	0.98
	Residual	0.9835 (0.000073)
Full Model	Intercept	0.0438 (0.0178)	0.90
	Residual	0.8978 (0.0082)

Data Source = National Survey of Children’s Health 2003; US Census 2000; CDC. National Oral Health Surveillance System 2000.