Table 3.
Parameter estimates and tests for wasting in children aged <5 years in Ethiopia, from the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey.
| Parameters | Proportional odds model | Nonproportional model |
| Variance | 1.59 | 1.50 |
| SE | .37 | .36 |
| Intracluster correlation coefficient | .32 | .32 |
| Log-likelihood of the model | –666 | –671 |
| Akaike information criteria of the model | 570 | 558 |
| Bayesian information criteria of the model | 637 | 635 |
| Severe stunting, σ (SE) | –4.44 (.74) | –3.84 (.51) |
| Moderate stunting, σ (SE) | –2.90 (.73) | –2.32 (.50) |
| Proportional model nested in nonproportional model | Likelihood ratio test: χ29=11.04, P=.002 | —a |
| Predicted probability or marginal test | Log-likelihood | –671 |
aNot applicable.