Table 6.

Bayesian estimates for random intercept model.

Fixed part	categories (level)	node	mean	Sd	MC error	2.5%	median	97.5%
Intercept		alpha	0.3487	0.1735	0.006318	0.1714	0.349	0.5245
Sex of child	Male (ref)
	Female	beta[1]	−0.03455	0.05672	3.674E − 4	−0.1483	−0.03459	0.07822
Child's age in month	6-23 (ref)
	24-41	beta[2]	−0.2962	0.07136	6.348E − 4	−0.4352	−0.2965	−0.1557
	42-59	beta[3]	−0.5756	0.07284	6.278E − 4	−0.7187	−0.5759	−0.4328
Place of Residence	Urban (ref)
	Rural	beta[4]	0.1743	0.07371	9.129E − 4	0.03031	0.1742	0.3196
No of children u5	0-3 (ref)
	4-6	beta[5]	0.2947	0.06551	6.801E − 4	0.158	0.2946	0.4308
	above 6	beta[6]	0.2098	0.08454	7.711E − 4	0.02496	0.2096	0.3946
Wealth index	Poor (ref)
	Middle	beta[7]	−0.218	0.06826	5.559E − 4	−0.355	−0.2182	−0.08018
	Rich	beta[8]	−0.4143	0.07668	7.599E − 4	−0.566	−0.4138	−0.2648
Marital status	Married (ref)
	Widowed	beta[9]	0.04532	0.128	5.975E − 4	−0.2066	0.04626	0.2932
	Divorced/Separated	beta[10]	−0.09123	0.1178	5.506E − 4	−0.3231	−0.0906	0.1392
Education level	No education (ref)
	Primary	beta[11]	−0.07366	0.08864	0.001167	−0.09975	−0.07367	−0.03468
	Secondary	beta[12]	−0.1211	0.08781	0.001177	−0.05145	−0.1212	−0.02918
Mother's current working status	Not working (ref)
	Working	beta[13]	−0.2006	0.07009	7.051E − 4	−0.3391	−0.2001	−0.06329
Given iron pills/syrup	No (ref)
	Yes	beta[14]	−0.2927	0.07935	4.086E − 4	−0.4492	−0.2926	−0.138
Size of child at birth	Larger than average (ref. cat)
	Average	beta[15]	−0.1473	0.07012	6.419E − 4	−0.2848	−0.1474	−0.01014
	Smaller than average	beta[16]	0.1308	0.07479	6.401E − 4	−0.01628	0.1311	0.2775
source of drinking water	Not improved (ref)
	Improved	beta[17]	−0.2641	0.06788	3.453E − 4	−0.3978	−0.2639	−0.1319
Random effects
sigma		σ u 2	0.2658	0.1566	0.0016	0.09924	0.2266	0.6693