Table 4 Model comparison and random effect distribution of timely initiation of complementary feeding among children of 6–23 months age in Ethiopia, 2019 EMDHS.

From: Determinants of timely initiation of complementary feeding among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia

Random effect model comparison

Model 0

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Community-level Variance

0.25

0.15

0.10

0.08

Inter-cluster correlation (ICC)

0.066

0.04

0.03

0.02

Log likelihood ratio (LLR)

− 2729

− 2572

− 2722

− 2566

Proportional change in variance (PCV)

Ref

0.4

0.6

0.68

Media odds ratio (MOR)

1.60

   

AIC

5463

5171

5455

5163

BIC

5476

5254

5487

5258