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Table 3 Bayesian Estimates for Random coefficient model

From: Bayesian multilevel model on maternal mortality in Ethiopia

Fixed effect

Categories

Estimates

SD

MC error

95% CI

Intercept

Ā 

āˆ’ā€‰4.955

0.880

0.0979

(āˆ’ā€‰6.757, āˆ’ā€‰3.407)

P.delivery

Home(ref)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

H.facilities

āˆ’ā€‰0.864

0.286

0.001

(āˆ’ā€‰1.423, āˆ’ā€‰0.306)

NoAnte.visit

No visit(ref)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

1ā€“2 visit

0.352

0.253

0.0009

(āˆ’ā€‰0.148, 0.851)

3ā€“4 visit

āˆ’ā€‰0.210

0.273

0.0009

(āˆ’ā€‰0.759, 0.311)

5+ visit

āˆ’ā€‰0.46

0.344

0.0012

(āˆ’ā€‰1.142, 0.192)

No children

No child(ref)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

1ā€“2 child

1.219

0.717

0.0075

(āˆ’ā€‰0.106, 2.654)

3ā€“4 child

1.925

0.738

0.0091

(0.537, 3.426)

5+ child

1.628

0.749

0.0416

(0.174, 3.060)

P residence

Urban(ref)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Rural

0.666

0.447

0.0037

(āˆ’ā€‰0.192, 1.598)

E attainment

No educ (ref)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Primary educ

āˆ’ā€‰0.589

0.267

0.0009

(āˆ’ā€‰1.115, āˆ’ā€‰0.076)

Sec.and above

āˆ’ā€‰1.069

0.465

0.0016

(āˆ’ā€‰2.040, āˆ’ā€‰0.167)

Wealth index

Poor(ref)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Middle

āˆ’ā€‰0.342

0.270

0.001

(āˆ’ā€‰0.894, 0.189)

Rich

āˆ’ā€‰1.296

0.308

0.0011

(āˆ’ā€‰1.927, āˆ’ā€‰0.721)

Contraceptive

Not use(ref)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Use

āˆ’ā€‰0.049

0.274

0.0038

(āˆ’ā€‰0.581, 0.469)

Random effect

\({\sigma }_{u0}^{2}\)

4.085

1.222

0.051

(1.659, 3.885)

\({\sigma }_{u 20}^{2}\)

31.193

17.983

1.074

(6.551, 70.06)

\({\sigma }_{13}^{2}\)

4.168

3.073

0.138

(0.644, 12.69)