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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Values of the deviance information criterion (DIC)

From: Structured additive distributional hurdle Poisson modelling of individual fertility levels in Nigeria

Model

Description

D

pD

DIC

M1

Linear effects

116,109.3

53.262

116,211.8

M2

Nonlinear + linear effects

109,782.3

91.677

109,965.7

M3

Nonlinear effects + linear + spatial effects

107,736.6

635.35

109,007.3