Multilevel Analysis of Determinants of Anemia Prevalence among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia: Classical and Bayesian Approaches

Table 6

Bayesian estimates for random intercept model.

Fixed part	categories (level)	node	mean	Sd	MC error	2.5%	median	97.5%
Intercept		alpha
Sex of child	Male (ref)
	Female
Child’s age in month	6-23 (ref)
	24-41
	42-59
Place of Residence	Urban (ref)
	Rural
No of children u5	0-3 (ref)
	4-6
	above 6
Wealth index	Poor (ref)
	Middle
	Rich
Marital status	Married (ref)
	Widowed
	Divorced/Separated
Education level	No education (ref)
	Primary
	Secondary
Mother’s current working status	Not working (ref)
	Working
Given iron pills/syrup	No (ref)
	Yes
Size of child at birth	Larger than average (ref. cat)
	Average
	Smaller than average
source of drinking water	Not improved (ref)
	Improved
Random effects
sigma