Table 2.
Parameter estimates and empirical standard errors of GEE and ALR models for Diarrhea
| Marginal Model | GEE | ALR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effect | par | Est(s.e) | p-value | Est(s.e) | P-value |
| Intercept | β 0 | −3.3256(0.3445) | <.0001 | −3.3279(0.3199) | <.0001 |
| Current age of child (24–59 months = ref) | |||||
| 0–11 months | β 1 | 0.5518(0.0843) | <.0001 | 0.5529(0.0840) | <.0001 |
| 12–23 months | β 2 | 0.8384(0.0801) | <.0001 | 0.8402(0.0780) | <.0001 |
| Sex of child (Male = ref) | |||||
| Female | β 3 | −0.1327 (0.0638) | 0.0376 | −0.1332(0.0637) | 0.0366 |
| Anemia level (not anemic = ref.) | |||||
| Anemic | β 4 | 0.5489(0.2641) | 0.0377 | 0.5507(0.2639) | 0.0369 |
| Husband education level (No education = ref) | |||||
| Higher | β 5 | 0.0556(0.1454) | 0.7019 | 0.0564(0.1451) | 0.6972 |
| Primary | β 6 | 0.2434(0.0828) | 0.0033 | −0.2440(0.0827) | 0.0032 |
| Secondary | β 7 | 0.2894(0.1165) | 0.0130 | −0.2905(0.1163) | 0.0125 |
| Currently working(Yes = ref) | |||||
| No | β 8 | −0.1980(0.0763) | 0.0095 | −0.1979(0.0762) | 0.0094 |
| Region (Addis Ababa = ref) | |||||
| Afar | β 9 | 0.5600(0.2251) | 0.0129 | 0.5610(0.2249) | 0.0126 |
| Amhara | β 10 | 0.7600(0.2136) | 0.0004 | 0.7617(0.2134) | 0.0004 |
| Benishangul | β 11 | 0.2779(0.2267) | 0.2204 | 0.2779(0.2263) | 0.2195 |
| Dire Dawa | β 12 | 0.7616(0.2256) | 0.0007 | 0.7629(0.2254) | 0.0007 |
| Gambela | β 13 | 0.7260(0.2221) | 0.0011 | 0.7280(0.2218) | 0.0010 |
| Harari | β 14 | 0.4263(0.2425) | 0.0788 | 0.4293(0.2420) | 0.0761 |
| Oromia | β 15 | 0.5142(0.2086) | 0.0137 | 0.5144(0.2084) | 0.0136 |
| SNNPR | β 16 | 0.6846(0.2099) | 0.0011 | 0.6860(0.2096) | 0.0011 |
| Somali | β 17 | 0.0310(0.2226) | 0.8894 | 0.0318(0.2223) | 0.8863 |
| Tigray | β 18 | 0.6167(0.2141) | 0.0040 | 0.6193(0.2136) | 0.0037 |
| Correlation | ρ | −0.003887364 | |||
| Alpha | α | −0.0530(0.0297) | 0.0035 | ||
| QIC | 6126.9290 | 6126.8773 | |||