Table 3 Comparison of DICs assessing significance of random effects on EA and district random effect models
From: An application of mixed-effect models to analyse contraceptive use in Malawian women
Model | DIC | χ 2 | df | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
EA Random effect models | ||||
Full model | 27,582.03 | |||
No parity random effects | 27,625.85 | 43.82 | 3 | < 0.001 |
No age random effects | 27,602.48 | 20.45 | 3 | < 0.001 |
No covariances | 27,583.33 | 1.30 | 3 | 0.729 |
No interaction terms | 27,588.26 | 4.93 | 6 | 0.553 |
District random effect models | ||||
Full model | 27,750.11 | |||
No parity random effects | 27,757.08 | 6.97 | 4 | 0.138 |
No age random effects | 27,770.25 | 20.14 | 4 | 0.001 |
No POR random effects | 27,751.81 | 1.70 | 4 | 0.791 |
Age random effects only | 27,760.64 | 10.53 | 7 | 0.160 |
No covariances | 27,759.73 | 9.62 | 8 | 0.293 |
No interaction terms | 27,757.26 | 7.15 | 14 | 0.929 |