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Table 2 Bayesian Multilevel Logistic Regression of Random Coefficients

From: Bayesian multilevel analysis of determinants of acute respiratory infection in children under the age of five years in Ethiopia

Variables

Category

Posterior mean

MC error

SD

OR

OR(95% CI)

–

Intercept

−3.305

0.0057

0.353

0.0376

0.018-0.077

Sex

Male (ref)

     

Female

0.011

0.0003

0.081

1.016

0.867-1.185

Child age in months

< 6 (ref)

     

6-11

0.259

0.0008

0.163

1.295

0.944-1.784

12-23

0.095

0.0008

0.151

1.099

0.823-1.474

24-35

−0.155

0.001

0.175

0.856

0.613-1.206

36-47

−0.164

0.0011

0.190

0.849

0.582-1.212

48-59

−0.514

0.0011

0.201

0.598

0.403-0.878

Maternal age

15-19(ref)

     

20-34

0.142

0.0023

0.221

1.153

0.754-1.791

35-49

0.029

0.002

0.251

1.029

0.630-1.702

Wealth index of household

Poorest (ref)

     

Poorer

−0.222

0.0005

0.125

0.800

0.624-1.021

Middle

−0.632

0.0006

0.147

0.532

0.396-0.709

Richer

−0.877

0.0015

0.245

0.416

0.242-0.647

Richest

−0.638

0.001

0.210

0.528

0.349-0.798

Place of residence

Rural (ref)

     

Urban

0.264

0.0011

0.225

1.302

0.840-2.032

Breast feeding

Never breast feed (ref)

     

Ever breast feed, not currently

0.188

0.0024

0.250

1.207

0.761-2.007

Still breast feed

0.337

0.0028

0.258

1.400

0.854-2.387

Maternal education

No education (ref)

     

Primary

0.140

0.0004

0.106

1.150

0.938-1.419

Secondary and higher

−0.454

0.0007

0.205

0.635

0.417-0.935

Vitamin A supplement

No (ref)

     

Yes

−0.182

0.0003

0.088

0.834

0.698-0.989

Had diarrhea recently

No (ref)

     

Yes

1.455

0.0003

0.099

4.284

3.525-5.202

Fuel type

Unclean/unsafe (ref)

     

Safe/clean

−0.062

0.001

0.269

0.939

0.545-1.560

Maternal work

Not working (ref)

     

Working

0.270

0.0007

0.137

1.309

1.011-1.716

Wasting

No (ref)

     

Yes

0.125

0.0004

0.122

1.133

0.889-1.433

Stunting

No (ref)

     

Yes

0.467

0.0003

0.089

1.595

1.337-1.896

Number of living child

1-3 (ref)

     

4-6

0.126

0.0004

0.101

1.134

0.934-1.388

Above 6

0.217

0.0006

0.152

1.242

0.930-1.674

Source of drinking water

Unprotected (ref)

     

Protected

−0.206

0.0004

0.098

0.814

0.670-0.984

Random effect

\({\sigma}_{u0}^2\)

 

1.295

0.0012

0.203

 

2.523-5.607

Random slope

\({\sigma}_{u11}^2\)

 

0.725

0.0049

0.351

 

1.258-4.983

\({\sigma}_{u21}^2\)

 

0.502

0.0032

0.223

 

1.207-2.804

  1. Note: MC error Monte Carlo error, SD Standard Deviation, OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, \(\kern0.50em {\sigma}_{u0}^2\) =regions variance, \(\kern0.75em {\sigma}_{u11}^2\) =wealth index variance, \({\sigma}_{u21}^2\) =maternal working variance
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