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Table 5 Random effect results for knowledge of ovulatory cycle and its individual and community level factors: evidence from DHS of 29 countries (N = 383,131)

From: Individual and community-level determinants of knowledge of ovulatory cycle among women of reproductive age in 29 African countries: a multilevel analysis

Random effect

Model 0

Model I

Model II

Model III

PSU variance (95% CI)

1.04 (0.85–1.29)

0.70 (0.51–0.96)

0.68 (0.52–0.90)

0.63 (0.45–0.89)

ICC

0.30

0.22

0.25

0.21

LR Test

764.12

166.36

521.17

147.96

Wald chi-square and p-value

Ref

χ2 = 123.32, p < 0.001

χ2 = 129.21, p < 0.001

χ2 = 155.34, p < 0.001

Model fitness

    

Log-likelihood

− 5749.46

− 2878.09

− 5688.83

− 2866.26

AIC

11,502.92

5802.18

11,401.67

5798.53

N

    
  1. Ref, reference category; AIC, Akaike Information Criterion; PSU, Primary Sampling Unit; N, total observation; LR, Likelihood Ratio; ICC, Intra-class correlation coefficient