Table 3.

Point estimate (and standard error) for the effect of early depressive symptoms on subsequent standardized NAPLAN numeracy scores, and point estimates for the variance components at levels 3, 2 and 1, from available case analysis (ACA) and 8 MI approaches applied to the CATS data analysis

Method	Regression coefficient estimate (SE)	Level 3 variance component	Level 2 variance component	Level 1 variance component
ACA	−0.022 (0.007)	0.042	0.239	0.232
JM-1L-DI-wide	−0.019 (0.007)	0.043	0.243	0.231
FCS-1L-DI-wide	−0.019 (0.008)	0.043	0.246	0.230
JM-2L-wide	−0.020 (0.007)	0.041	0.246	0.228
FCS-2L-wide	−0.022 (0.007)	0.042	0.245	0.229
JM-2L-DI	−0.020 (0.008)	0.042	0.237	0.228
FCS-2L-DI	–	–	–	–
FCS-3L in ml.lmer	−0.021 (0.007)	0.033	0.238	0.232
FCS-3L in Blimp	−0.021 (0.007)	0.040	0.238	0.228

ACA available case analysis, DI dummy indicators, FCS fully conditional specification, JM joint modelling, NAPLAN National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy, RE random effects, SE standard error