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Table 2 Variability in intercept, 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) and Schwarz’s Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) for a random intercepts model controlling for age (Model 1), a random intercepts model controlling for age and household position while adjusting for individual socio–economic position (Model 2), and a random intercepts model adjusting for individual socio-economic position and aggregate socio-economic characteristics of the sub-district (Model 3) (Belgium, 2001–2011)

From: The geographic pattern of Belgian mortality: can socio-economic characteristics explain area differences?

Model

Variability

95 % CI

BIC

Model 1

0.050

(0.035–0.070)

564510.69

Model 2

0.031

(0.022–0.044)

547144.41

Model 3

0.014

(0.010–0.020)

547135.77