Table 2 Sensitivity analyses showing variance estimates and proportion of total variation in disabilities attributable to cluster, district, and state levels in adjusted four-level and two-level models in India, NFHS 2019–21
Type of disability | Cluster | District | State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variance estimate | % Variance attributable | Variance estimate | % Variance attributable | Variance estimate | % Variance attributable | |
Any | ||||||
Four level model | 0.238 | 6.54 | 0.058 | 1.59 | 0.054 | 1.48 |
Two level models | 0.402 | 10.89 | 0.121 | 3.55 | 0.066 | 1.96 |
Hearing | ||||||
Four level model | 0.214 | 5.76 | 0.052 | 1.40 | 0.158 | 4.25 |
Two level models | 1.438 | 30.41 | 0.196 | 5.62 | 0.162 | 4.68 |
Speech | ||||||
Four level model | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.022 | 0.64 | 0.127 | 3.69 |
Two level models | 0.815 | 19.85 | 0.125 | 3.67 | 0.131 | 3.84 |
Visual | ||||||
Four level model | 1.108 | 24.29 | 0.076 | 1.67 | 0.088 | 1.93 |
Two level models | 1.545 | 31.95 | 0.211 | 6.02 | 0.095 | 2.81 |
Mental | ||||||
Four level model | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.071 | 1.98 | 0.232 | 6.46 |
Two level models | 0.931 | 22.06 | 0.254 | 7.18 | 0.263 | 7.39 |
Locomotor | ||||||
Four level model | 0.736 | 17.35 | 0.123 | 2.90 | 0.092 | 2.17 |
Two level models | 0.654 | 16.58 | 0.190 | 5.47 | 0.104 | 3.07 |
Other | ||||||
Four level model | 2.672 | 41.07 | 0.302 | 4.64 | 0.242 | 3.72 |
Two level models | 2.782 | 45.82 | 0.566 | 14.69 | 0.276 | 7.74 |