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

Table 9

Comparison of AICs and BICs for CMLRM and BMLRM using data from PDHS 2012–13.

Variables	Heard about HCV				Knowing preventive measures for HCV
	CMLRM		BMLRM		CMLRM		BMLRM
Age	AIC	BIC	AIC	BIC	AIC	BIC	AIC	BIC
15–19	17.90	15.29	16.88	14.31	17.88	15.27	16.58	14.22
20–24	19.23	16.62	18.04	15.57	19.64	17.03	18.51	15.98
25–29	19.51	16.90	18.43	15.70	19.91	17.29	18.82	16.26
30–34	19.48	16.87	18.43	15.75	19.86	17.25	18.36	16.37
35–39	19.30	16.69	17.99	15.42	19.79	17.18	18.66	16.18
40–44	19.12	16.50	18.00	15.40	19.61	16.99	18.44	15.96
45–49	Reference
Residence
Urban	Reference
Rural	21.52	18.91	19.81	17.93	21.97	19.36	20.57	18.07
Region
Punjab	13.45	10.83	12.65	10.12	14.33	11.72	13.36	10.92
Urban	13.41	10.80	12.47	10.01	14.30	11.68	13.41	11.06
Rural	13.44	10.83	12.55	10.11	14.33	11.71	13.32	11.05
Sindh	13.43	10.82	12.52	10.00	14.31	11.70	13.22	10.78
Urban	13.40	10.78	12.55	9.99	4.27	11.65	4.00	11.03
Rural	13.41	10.79	12.46	10.07	14.27	11.66	13.21	11.06
KPK	13.41	10.79	12.38	10.18	14.28	11.67	13.56	10.93
Urban	13.12	10.51	12.20	9.69	13.97	11.35	13.05	10.59
Rural	13.39	10.78	12.53	9.94	14.27	11.66	13.32	10.76
Baluchistan	13.31	10.69	12.35	10.07	14.13	11.51	13.37	10.77
Urban	12.81	10.19	11.80	9.57	13.45	10.84	12.77	10.26
Rural	13.27	10.66	12.56	9.88	14.07	11.45	13.00	10.69
Islamabad	Reference
Gilgit-Baltistan	12.52	9.91	11.89	9.32	12.74	10.13	12.04	9.37
Educational level
Illiterate	18.39	15.78	17.13	14.86	19.80	17.19	18.66	16.04
Primary	17.97	15.36	16.71	14.16	19.30	16.69	17.81	15.78
Middle	17.46	14.84	16.44	13.82	18.81	16.19	17.80	15.36
Matriculation	17.55	14.93	16.16	14.10	19.01	16.40	17.55	15.36
Higher	Reference
Income level
Least	19.68	17.07	18.30	16.08	20.29	17.68	18.89	16.42
Lower-middle	19.63	17.01	18.44	16.04	20.39	17.78	18.96	16.37
Middle	19.56	16.94	18.07	16.06	20.39	17.78	19.22	16.63
Upper-middle	19.56	16.95	18.02	15.99	20.44	17.82	18.91	16.52
Highest	Reference