Table 3. Residual variance at ward-level (n = 7,929) and local authority-level (n = 354) for baseline (no exposure variables) and final models (MODEL L).

		BASELINE		FINAL
		Variance	Standard Error	Variance	Standard Error
MEN	Ward-level	2,096.4	34.1	1,580.2	25.7
	LA-level	779.7	66.3	166.1	18.1
WOMEN	Ward-level	660.8	10.7	547.6	8.9
	LA-level	226.8	19.5	53.5	6.0