Table 3.
Model diagnostics and comparison for the time to resumption of postpartum menses and predictors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia.
| Models | Distribution | Frailty | Theta | AIC | BIC | Deviance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (−2LL) | ||||||
| Shared frailty | Gompertz | Gamma | 0.038 | 17010 | 17212 | 16950 |
| Shared frailty | Gompertz | Inverse Gaussian | 0.039 | 17009 | 17211 | 16948 |
| Shared frailty | Exponential | Gamma | 0.515 | 23206 | 23401 | 23148 |
| Shared frailty | Exponential | Inverse Gaussian | 0.801 | 23191 | 23386 | 23132 |
| Shared frailty | Weibull | Gamma | 0.118 | 20247 | 20449 | 20188 |
| Shared frailty | Weibull | Inverse Gaussian | 0.126 | 20248 | 203450 | 20188 |
| Shared frailty | Log-Normal | Gamma | 0.093 | 19521 | 19723 | 19460 |