“Childhood Anemia in India: an application of a Bayesian geo-additive model”

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Fixed effects on childhood anaemia in India

Variable	Mean	SD	10%	Median	90%
Place of residence
Rural^R
Urban	0.0359*	0.008	0.0262	0.0355	0.0461
Sex of child
Female^R
Male	0.0074	0.006	−0.0003	0.0075	0.0148
Mother’s education
No education^R
Primary	0.0563*	0.014	0.0386	0.0564	0.0740
Secondary	−0.0358*	0.010	−0.0481	− 0.0361	− 0.0229
Higher	− 0.1843*	0.016	− 0.2056	− 0.1844	− 0.1625
Wealth index
Poorest^R
Poor	0.0740*	0.012	0.0585	0.0736	0.0893
Middle	0.0069	0.012	− 0.0079	0.0071	0.0222
Rich	−0.0904*	0.013	−0.1072	− 0.0904	− 0.0736
Richest	− 0.1332*	0.017	−0.1548	− 0.1330	− 0.1125
Child had fever
No^R
Yes	0.0326*	0.010	0.0200	0.0327	0.0451
Child had cough
No^R
Yes	−0.0594*	0.010	−0.0723	− 0.0596	− 0.0466
Child received vitamin A
No^R
Yes	−0.0041	0.007	−0.0125	− 0.0042	0.0042
Child stunted
No^R
Yes	0.0999*	0.007	0.0903	0.1000	0.1091
Child underweight
No^R
Yes	0.0797*	0.008	0.0698	0.0795	0.0899
Child wasted
No^R
Yes	0.0387*	0.012	0.0235	0.0387	0.0541
Mother anaemic
No^R
Yes	0.2715*	0.007	0.2632	0.2714	0.2803

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