Analysis of Trends in Awareness Regarding Hepatitis Using Bayesian Multiple Logistic Regression Model

Table 10

Comparison of AICs and BICs for CMLRM and BMLRM using data from PDHS 2017–18.

Variables	Heard about HCV				Knowing preventive measures for HCV
Age	CMLRM		BMLRM		CMLRM		BMLRM
	AIC	BIC	AIC	BIC	AIC	BIC	AIC	BIC
15–19	17.99	15.38	16.31	13.89	16.93	14.31	15.34	12.88
20–24	19.15	16.54	17.94	15.07	18.66	16.04	16.88	14.83
25–29	19.33	16.72	17.80	15.51	18.99	16.37	17.58	15.12
30–34	19.30	16.69	17.99	15.37	18.87	16.26	17.45	15.13
35–39	19.24	16.62	17.76	15.37	18.88	16.27	17.73	14.91
40–44	18.92	16.30	17.66	14.97	18.60	15.99	17.28	14.80
45–49	Reference
Residence
Urban	Reference
Rural	21.57	18.95	20.15	17.73	21.21	18.60	19.81	16.91
Educational level
Illiterate	18.98	16.37	17.51	15.22	19.46	16.85	18.03	15.39
Primary	18.51	15.89	16.73	14.44	18.91	16.29	17.28	15.29
Middle	18.11	15.49	16.73	14.56	18.39	15.78	16.90	14.73
Matriculation	18.20	15.59	17.04	14.20	18.65	16.04	17.23	14.55
Higher	Reference
Income level
Least	19.62	17.01	18.42	15.38	19.38	16.77	17.62	15.44
Lower-middle	19.64	17.02	18.43	15.62	19.49	16.88	17.78	15.35
Middle	19.61	17.00	18.16	15.90	19.52	16.90	17.68	15.67
Upper-middle	19.58	16.96	18.22	15.79	19.54	16.92	18.35	15.79
Highest	Reference
Region
Punjab	14.91	12.29	13.77	11.17	14.73	12.12	13.65	11.09
Urban	14.83	12.21	13.74	11.43	14.68	12.06	13.61	11.13
Rural	14.89	12.28	13.67	11.13	14.72	12.10	13.77	11.02
Sindh	14.88	12.27	13.53	11.41	14.69	12.07	13.27	11.30
Urban	14.83	12.21	13.85	11.23	14.60	11.99	13.50	10.94
Rural	14.81	12.20	13.84	11.11	14.61	12.00	13.15	11.23
KPK	14.84	12.22	13.45	11.33	14.66	12.05	13.71	11.04
Urban	14.25	11.63	13.11	10.78	14.27	11.65	13.15	10.89
Rural	14.82	12.20	13.40	11.05	14.63	12.02	13.41	10.96
Baluchistan	14.70	12.09	13.65	11.34	14.32	11.70	13.31	10.81
Urban	14.23	11.62	12.97	10.75	13.59	10.98	12.53	9.96
Rural	14.61	11.99	13.69	11.11	14.15	11.53	12.95	10.56
Islamabad	Reference
Gilgit-Baltistan	14.03	11.42	12.99	10.45	14.14	11.52	13.03	10.68