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Table 2 Comparison of DIC for selected covariates in univariate spatial models

From: Bayesian hierarchical spatial regression of maternal depressive symptoms in South Western Sydney, Australia

 

EDS > 9

 

EDS > 12

 

Variable

pD

DIC

pD

DIC

Intercept Only

1.001

601.734

0.981

502.008

+ uncorrelated residual

28.285

580.712

21.814

487.733

+ spatial residual (CAR)

23.623

565.503

21.957

473.102

+ spatial + uncorrelated residual

26.185

567.673

23.887

475.944

CAR with covariates

    

One Parent Family%

23.082

565.160

18.677

472.724

Rented Dwelling%

23.162

564.836

17.747

472.030

Unplanned Pregnancy%

18.828

561.784

13.814

470.470

Poor Families%

21.602

564.252

15.218

471.154

Volunteerism%

15.460

561.749

13.158

468.012

Entropy Index

17.593

564.483

14.551

469.984

Low Schooling%

18.680

562.840

15.848

471.488

IRSD Decile

13.635

564.481

7.529

472.089

Breastfeeding%

22.781

565.391

19.899

473.967

No Regret Leaving%

18.237

562.061

13.800

465.737

Apartments%

24.575

566.794

17.558

471.806

Nurse Visit Rate

25.430

567.276

22.230

475.631

No Social Support%

15.907

560.012

11.433

466.878

Maly Index

23.994

564.131

19.074

470.150

Density

18.318

561.917

15.545

470.901

  1. Legend: EDS (Edinburgh Depression Scale), IRSD (Index of Relative Social Deprivation), CAR (Conditional Autoregression), pD (Effective number of parameters in the model), DIC (Deviance Information Criteria).