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Table 3 Random effect estimates of individual-, household- and community-level factors associated with SSC in Nigeria

From: Coverage and factors associated with mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis

Random-effect

Model I

Model II

Model III

Model IV

Model V

Community-level

Variance (SE)

2.68 (0.21)*

2.89 (0.22)*

2.59 (0.17)*

2.36 (0.15)*

2.50 (0.18)*

VPC

28.0%

27.9%

27.9%

26.5%

26.2%

PCV

Reference

-7.8%

3.4%

11.9

6.7%

MOR

12.91

15.76

11.79

9.48

10.88

ICC

45.4%

47.7%

44.9%

40.3%

42.5%

Household-level

Variance (SE)

2.32 (0.27)*

2.42 (0.25)*

2.22 (0.22)*

2.22 (0.21)*

2.28 (0.23)*

VPC

32.9%

33.0%

32.8%

33.6%

33.7%

PCV

Reference

-4.3%

4.3%

4.3%

1.7%

MOR

9.13

10.11

8.32

8.34

8.79

ICC

33.9%

33.5%

33.1%

35.8%

35.2%

Model fit statistics

AIC

13465.7

12157.4

13367.5

13322.9

12008.2

BIC

13489.6

12372.6

13439.4

13418.8

12343.0

  1. Model I – empty null model, baseline model without any explanatory variables (unconditional model)
  2. Model II – adjusted for only individual-level factors
  3. Model III – adjusted for only household-level factors
  4. Model IV – adjusted for only community-level factors
  5. Model V – adjusted for individual-, household-, and community-level factors (full model)
  6. SE Standard Error, VPC Variance Partition Coefficient, PCV Proportional Change in Variance, MOR Median Odds Ratio, ICC Intra-class correlation, AIC Akaike's Information Criterion, BIC Bayesian Information Criterion, *Significant at p<0.05