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. 2020 Jun 17;20:952. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09110-9

Table 4.

Results from random intercept model: Measures of variation Variance Partition Coefficient (VPC) and Inter Class Correlation (ICC)

Models Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Standard Deviation −2 SD −3 SD −2 SD − 3 SD −2 SD − 3 SD -2 SD -3 SD
Variance Partition Coefficient (VPC)
VPChh = σhh2σdistt2+σcomm2+σhh2+π2/3 0.22 0.21 0.37 0.41 0.38 0.40 0.38 0.42
VPCcomm = σcomm2σdistt2+σcomm2+σhh2+π2/3 0.10 0.10 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03
VPCdistt = σdistt2σdistt2+σcomm2+σhh2+π2/3 0.07 0.08 0.007 0.02 0.006 0.02 0.007 0.003
Intra Class Correlation (ICC)
ICCcomm = σdistt2+σcomm2σdistt2+σcomm2+σhh2+π2/3 0.17 0.19 0.03 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.03 0.03
ICCdistt = σdistt2σdistt2+σcomm2+σhh2+π2/3 0.07 0.08 0.007 0.02 0.006 0.02 0.007 0.003

Note: total variance = σdistt2+σcomm2+σhh2 + π2/3