Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics

Olaomi JO

Publications

• Research Article
  Geo-Additive Modelling of Family Size in Nigeria
  Author(s): Oyeronke Alaba O and Olaomi JOOyeronke Alaba O and Olaomi JO
  
  We used the 2013 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) data to investigate the determinants of family size in Nigeria using the geo-additive model. The model was used to simultaneously measure the fixed, nonlinear, spatial and random effects. The fixed effect of categorical covariates were modeled using the diffuse prior, P-spline with secondorder random walk for the nonlinear effect of continuous variable, spatial effects followed Markov random field priors while the exchangeable normal priors were used for the random effects of the community and household. The negative binomial distribution was used to handle over dispersion of the dependent variable. Inference was fully Bayesian approach. Results showed a declining effect of secondary and higher education of mother, Yoruba tribe, Christianity, family planning, mother giving birth by caesarean section and having a partner who has.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6180.1000237

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