Individual and community level factors with a significant role in determining child height-for-age Z score in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis

Table 4 Multilevel regression analysis results on individual and community level determinants of child stunting in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2015

Measure of variation	Model 1^a	P value	Model 2^b	P value	Model 3^c	P value	Model 4^d	P value
Level 2 variance (SE)	0.16	<0.001	0.08	<0.001	0.06	<0.001	0.04	<0.001
Level one variance (SE)	4.04		2.88		3.89		2.85
ICC (%)	3.8%		2.7%		1.9%		1.4%
Model fit statistics DIC (−2loglikelihood)	6606		6077		6538		6054

^aModel 1 is the intercept only model which is a baseline model without determinant variable. ^bModel 2 is adjusted for individual level factors. ^cModel 3 is adjusted for community level factors. ^dMode4 is the final model adjusted for both individual and community level factors. ICC intracluster correlation, DIC deviation information criteria

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