Community and household socioeconomic factors associated with pesticide-using, small farm household members' health: a multi-level, longitudinal analysis

Table 3 Mixed multiple regression models of digit span for Household manager (n = 376)

	Intercept only β (SE)	Model I Level 1- baseline β (SE)	Model II Level I- other β (SE)	Model III Level II β (SE)	Model IV Reduced β (SE)
Level I (individual/household)
Intercept	4.14 (.19)*	2.61 (.25)*	3.40 (.60)*	6.21 (1.0)*	6.90 (.96)*
Digit Span in 2005		.38 (.05)*	.30 (.05)*	.29 (.05)*	.28 (.05)*
Age (yrs)			-.04 (.01)*	-.04 (.01)*	-.03 (.01)*
Education < 6 years (yes vs. no)			.19 (.17)	.17 (.17)
Alcohol-related problems score			.19 (.26)	.21 (.26)
Household Asset Score (2005)			.12 (.06)*	.16 (.06)*	.13 (.06)*
Practice Changes (05 to 07)
Washing application clothes with gloves improvement			-.14 (.15)	-.14 (.15)
Entering sprayed fields improvement			.04 (.15)	.02 (.15)
Disposing of pesticide containers more adequate			-.15 (.15)	-.14 (.15)
Highly hazardous pesticide use reduction (per decile)			.01 (.02)	.02 (.02)	.03 (.015)*
Moderately hazardous pesticide use reduction (per decile)			.04 (.02)	.04 (.02)
Level II (parish/community)
Proportion households with unsatisfied basic necessities				-.03 (.01)*	-.04(.01)*
Community organizations /100 families				.06 (.06)
Intervention intensity				-.02 (.03)
Intervention coverage				-.01 (.02)
Covariance Parameter Estimates
intercept	.70 (.24)	.45 (.17)	.48 (.18)	.17 (.09)	.22 (.10)
residual	2.21 (.17)	1.92 (.15)	1.72 (.13)	1.72 (.13)	1.76 (.13)
Model comparison^
-2Log Likelihood	1408.3	1349.9	1311.7	1294.5	1306.0
Change in -2LogL (df)		-58.4 (1)	-38.2 (9)	-17.2(4)	11.5 (9)
P-value for change in -2LogL		< .0001	< .0001	.0018	.2430
AIC	1414.3	1357.9	1337.7	1328.5	1322.0
BIC	1417.8	1362.6	1353.0	1348.6	1331.5

Bolded values* significant at p < 0.05
^AIC = Akaike Information Criteria, BIC = Bayesian Information Criteria, both measures of fit

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